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The U.S. stands alone as the only affluent nation to have suffered a severe, sustained coronavirus outbreak for more than 4 months. https://nyti.ms/30Aa89c
Over the past month, about 1.9 million people in the U.S. have tested positive for the virus.
That's more than 5 times as many as in all of Europe, Canada, Japan, South Korea and Australia combined. https://nyti.ms/30Aa89c
That's more than 5 times as many as in all of Europe, Canada, Japan, South Korea and Australia combined. https://nyti.ms/30Aa89c
The U.S. has only 4% of the world’s population, but it has accounted for 22% of coronavirus deaths worldwide. http://nyti.ms/30Aa89c
One of the underlying causes of the sustained outbreak in the U.S. was that caseloads were typically much higher when the economy reopened than in other countries. http://nyti.ms/30Aa89c
In the weeks after U.S. states reopened, the virus began surging. Those that opened earliest tended to have worse outbreaks, according to a New York Times analysis. The Southeast fared especially badly. http://nyti.ms/30Aa89c
When it comes to the virus, the U.S. has come to resemble not the wealthy and powerful countries to which it is often compared, but instead far poorer countries http://nyti.ms/30Aa89c
