[Zhang Fei]

[I don’t think there are any Governor Cuomos and their ilk in Singapore, South Korea, or Japan. That’s why they’ve handled this better.]

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Their competence is exaggerated so the Democrats can blame Trump for dropping the ball, despite an infection death rate far lower than Western Europe’s. A bigger factor with respect to deaths is how overweight the average person is. Despite the US being near the top of the charts, we have a lower death rate than Europe’s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_body_mass_index

Note that we have large numbers of blacks and Hispanics who don’t follow basic health precautions. Yet our ratio of deaths to infections is running at under 3% vs 10% for Europe. China’s neighbors are in a class of their own with respect to body weight - they’re closer to African BMI’s. Re treatment of sick people, we are kicking Europe’s ass, but you won’t hear CNN talking about it.

[rfp1234]

Re treatment of sick people, we are kicking Europe’s ass, but you won’t hear CNN talking about it.

Excellent point. The U.S. recovery rate from closed cases (recovered patients / [recovered patients + deaths]) is about 95.7%, and steadily increasing over time. (Source: world-o-meters).