Since the very beginning, everyone expected the US to have a very high percentage of death (remember discussing that my friends even before the US had a single

Since the very beginning, everyone expected the US to have a very high percentage of death (remember discussing that my friends even before the US had a single casuality). Hypertension and diabetes were listed as have a lot of impact of the mortality rates, and the general extremely bad health of the american population, coupled with the lack of a quality public health system made it the perfect target. That, plus more political issues, such as not being able to enforce curfew easily, a general mistrust in representatives, and a president that remained convinced it wasn't such a big deal for a very long time. All in all, i think the number remain quite low compared to the worst case scenario.