> The US has by far the most confirmed cases of Covid-19 - more than 31 million - with more than 562,000 deaths, another world high. The BBC is usually pretty

> The US has by far the most confirmed cases of Covid-19 - more than 31 million - with more than 562,000 deaths, another world high. The BBC is usually pretty good about sticking to relevant information (at least compared to US media), so I was a bit disappointed to see this blurb - especially since it's only the fourth sentence in the article. What does it add? It has nothing to do with the subject (ie the safety of the J&J vaccine) and isn't even particularly useful data in almost any other context aside from half-baked political jabs between nations.