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As of today
UK 5th in table of total deaths behind
USA Brazil India Mexico
All have much bigger populations
7th in total number of cases
USA India Brazil France Russia Spain
5th in deaths per million of population
Belgium Peru Spain Italy
Why did Trump never lead with this UK 821 USA 796 deaths per million of population
Not making excuses for the UK as we have done terrible, but USA, Brazil, India and Mexico all had much more notice than we did, so at least they all
knew they had to do something and couldn't just pretend it wasn't going to come over there. USA and Brazil have tried hard to do a terrible job with loads of notice mind.
We had to weeks notice from Spain and Italy and were just slow to react, and that two weeks was extremely harmful, seeing as cases were doubling every 3 days back then, that two weeks probably cost us 20k deaths. We've been paying for that mistake ever since, we then did it again in late September.
Spain and Italy were the first hit in Europe, so it was harder for them (harder than the UK and a lot harder than the USA), but they got a grip on it quite quickly, could have been a lot worse. Belgium's government is messed up I think, so there's been no cohesion or responsibility which has caused big problems.
Peru is skint, has poor healthcare and is crowded in areas where they actually have people.
USA's figures are horrendous for the notice they had, for their wealth, and for how each state can almost manage itself, they're like the exact example of what not to do.
Thankfully a lot of the sates took no notice of Trump when they were getting into trouble, so it could have been even worse.
They're about to have a nightmare of monumental proportions though, Biden is going to be taking over in the middle of a mountain of cases and deaths. They're going to hit their peak and for a lot longer this time.
Trump leading with "UK 821 v USA 796 deaths per million of population" would have been the most Trump thing ever mind, comparing USA to a country that has done terrible, would be typical for him. What would be even more typical is because the one he's comparing to has had to fight it under much tougher circumstances. UK messed about for 2 weeks, the USA messed about for a month and then went at it half a$$ed. Had they got their act together they would half that death rate.
Maybe they should compare themselves to Canada, or maybe some countries that did well, with the same notice USA had?