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If your reply were correct, then why did so many millions of Americans die? You've about a million Covid deaths, and about a hundred million cases. By number of

If your reply were correct, then why did so many millions of Americans die? You've about a million Covid deaths, and about a hundred million cases. By number of deaths the US is number 1 by far (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/worldwide-graphs/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/worldwide-graphs/). The internet is full of stories were working class people got Covid because they had no other choice, here's a random citation: >Californians in manual labor and in-person service occupations experienced disproportionate COVID-19 mortality, with the highest rates observed among male, Latino, and Black workers; these occupational group should be prioritized for prevention. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0266058 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal... If US support was so amazing as you claim, why do these numbers exist? Why are they so much higher than other countries?

astrange 3y ago
Cause there was a pandemic. Nobody dying is not a possibility. The best you can do is protect 80+ people, who are far more at risk than anyone else. Staying home is a middle class fantasy though. You can't just keep the entire country home or you'll run out of food and the sewers will fail in a week. Not to mention many people don't want to do that and would rather take the death. Nevertheless, the US gave out approx $2400/month in CARES Act unemployment support, which is more than anyone else.