> If you really want to scare yourself, read this. That kind of alarmism (in this case about the CDC failing during the pandemic) is scary, but needlessly so,

> If you really want to scare yourself, read this. That kind of alarmism (in this case about the CDC failing during the pandemic) is scary, but needlessly so, and best avoided. In contrast, according to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_death_rates_by_country#covid-19-pandemic-cases-and-mortality-by-country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_death_rates_... The US death rate, at 3500 per million, was not much worse than the UK (3400 per million) or EU (2800 per million).