The difference between the infection/death rates here and the countries that take it seriously couldn't be more striking... and its good advice about where to get one's information. The charts that compare the US to other developed countries are astounding. I don't think I've ever seen a chart about ANYTHING where one element was such a crazy outlier.
It's just not tangible for a lot of people, Americans for whatever reason have lost the ability to imagine any experience outside of their own day to day existence. so if they don't know anybody who has died then nobody has died. Is it selfishness? There's so MUCH evidence around the world of how to beat or at least better control this thing but no, we know better...except obviously we don't, we're failing in a cosmically embarrassing way. We look like utter fools on the world stage.
It's just not tangible for a lot of people, Americans for whatever reason have lost the ability to imagine any experience outside of their own day to day existence. so if they don't know anybody who has died then nobody has died. Is it selfishness? There's so MUCH evidence around the world of how to beat or at least better control this thing but no, we know better...except obviously we don't, we're failing in a cosmically embarrassing way. We look like utter fools on the world stage.