'S**thole' Countries Have Handled The Coronavirus Better Than The United States
The United States, Italy, Spain, France and the United Kingdom contain just 7.5% of the world’s population — and two-thirds of its coronavirus death toll.
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Last month, the World Bank reported that developing countries make up 85% of the global population but account for just 21% of COVID-19 deaths. In late May, the entire region of West Africa — which has a greater population than the United States — had recorded just 654 COVID-19 deaths, a figure some Western countries were racking up every day.
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In January, while Trump was assuring Americans that the few known cases would soon fall to zero, Senegal was closing its borders, initiating contact tracing and committing to provide a hospital bed to every COVID-19 patient. In February, as Western European leaders allowed the virus to spread at mass gatherings, Mongolia canceled its national lunar new year celebrations and set up a task force with more than 800 staff members.
And in March, as the United States distributed meager social benefits and bailed out corporations, the Cook Islands, a small country with incomes roughly on par with Sri Lanka, devised a welfare package worth 11% of its gross domestic product that included cash payments to older adults and a three-month waiver of electricity bills for every household.
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Shithole is in the WH.
More proof besides all the Vids of BLOTUS Bloviating that there was nothing to be concerned about(it was just a "democrat hoax" ).. that too many of the deaths & resulting sick economy, from lockdowns, lay right at his stupid feet.
we've allowed unfettered capitalism to run rampant over our culture as it demands full steam ahead and pedal to the metal at all times. We carry that high velocity motion home with us as we shop, vacation, entertain and attend assemblies.
We know well how to put 'er in forward gear but have no means to put 'er in neutral for a while and take a break. It's just an unthinkable, impossible thing to do despite the fact we put men on the moon.
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The Christmas sales season this fall should be informative to watch as stores become even more packed and the masses travel for Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations.
KY.......
