The main point is that any criticism you might level against the US States for its supposed "lack of strategy", ought to just as easily be leveled against Germa

The main point is that any criticism you might level against the US States for its supposed "lack of strategy", ought to just as easily be leveled against Germany. Instead, Germany is widely regarded as having a coordinated/successful strategy[1][2]. Even among the EU States with the fewest deaths / M — that is Hungary, Finland, Slovenia, Estonia, Poland, Croatia, Latvia, etc — you have comparable US States in Maine, Utah, Idaho, West Virginia, Oregon, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Hawaii. [1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/local-practical-apolitical-inside-germanys-successful-coronavirus-strategy-11588325403 https://www.wsj.com/articles/local-practical-apolitical-insi... [2] https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/22/880803278/how-germany-staffed-up-contact-tracing-teams-to-contain-its-coronavirus-outbreak https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/22/8808032...