By definition it is not an airborne virus, but that aside, The U.S. had its first case on Jan. 21st, Brazil had its first confirmed case on Feb. 26th. Not much difference there. Especially when you consider how much misinformation was being thrown around by China, the WHO and other “experts.”
Now, over a year later for both countries (with one month’s difference), 9% of the U.S. population has had the virus and only 5.5% of Brazil’s population has been infected.
Maybe it was their superior medical infrastructure! /s
The U.S. has a larger population of Chinese than Brazil. Many went to the city of Wuhan to celebrate the Chinese New Year and brought back the virus. I don’t think as many brought back the virus to Brazil. New York City contains the largest ethnic Chinese population outside of Asia, totaling 682,265. New York has been described as the epicenter of the virus infection in the U.S. Los Angeles has more than 66,782 ethnic Chinese and San Jose has 63,434 ethnic Chinese. The Seattle-Tacoma area has 45,000 ethnic Chinese population. Brazil has about 350,000 ethnic Chinese. Do you think this has something to do with the degree of infection in the U.S.?