A question was asked earlier about the impact of the Sturgis Bike Rally in S Dakota in 2020. Here is a link to an on-going paper regarding this event:
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...ay%20be%20high.
Canada had Canadian Thanksgiving on October 11th - they were having a Covid increased infection rate prior to this date - and after this date. Now, they are 3-4 times higher infection rate than Oct 10 and it is trending exponentially. Yes, it is a cautionary tale for the USA.
To folks comparing the USA to the rest of the world and pointing to Europe as a "see, there isn't anything we could have done" - I have posted this before and will do it again:
As for handling Covid - I posted this info on OCT 25th - I have copied it and to the right put the numbers - NOW
Let's go back to that fateful day: January 20, 2020
On that day was the first recorded case of Covid in the USA
That same day was also the first recorded case of Covid in South Korea
S Korea is less than 900 miles from Mainland China
USA is approx 3800+ miles from Mainland China
In a population of 51 million, S Korea has:
Infections: 26,000 - 27,942 (now)
Deaths: 457 - 487 (now)
In a population of 331 million, USA has:
Infections: 8,831,000 - 10,708,728 (now)
Deaths: 230,000 - 247,398 (now)
Source of the above information:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
S Korea is on track to be the 2nd best major economy in the covid era:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/16...korea-success/
The USA has had zero leadership on this virus. The lies / misinformation has put us in a spot that is horrific.