I'm not going to defend US policy in terms of COVID handling, but comparing positive test numbers in the US to positive test numbers in the rest of the world mo

I'm not going to defend US policy in terms of COVID handling, but comparing positive test numbers in the US to positive test numbers in the rest of the world mostly tells you about testing rates. The US has 22% of the total (verified) global COVID-19 deaths. Most deaths occur in those aged 65 or above. 9% of the global population (702M people) is over 65. 17% of the US population (56M people) is over 65. So the US has 8% of the population over 65 but 22% of the COVID deaths - it's still almost a factor of 3, so definitely not just reporting artifacts, but it's not a factor of 6+ either in terms of how the US is doing vs how you would expect.