Gosh, some of you need to take an introductory statistics class, or at the very least, understand why you can't draw erroneous conclusions like the OP by falsely comparing two non comparable sets of data.
Using your logic:
Russia deaths per million: 25
Brazil.... : 111
China....: 3
Mexico....: 5
I can go on and on and cherry pick data that seemingly shows other countries doing much better than the United States. Many of you would (rightly) point out that those countries are under representing fatalities, # of infections, have a limited # of tests etc.... the same issues with trying to compare the US to Sweden etc.
While I don't mean this to be a political comment, but the US has performed abysmally with respect to preventing and containing the spread of a virus that the country was aware of two months prior. It was like watching a train come towards you, and then making no effort to get off the tracks. Do I believe this is Trump's fault? Not particularly.
The bigger issue is that the American ethos is forged on individulaism, self autonomy, and to a degree, anti-intellectualism. China could crack down on tens of millions of people because they have that type of authority over their citizens, the US does not (and this is a good thing).
My fear is that pictures from Memorial Day celebrations show beaches, parks etc. packed with people. This flies in the face of pretty much everything doctors are advising people to do, and it seems like an inevitability that infections and deaths will continue to rise. Sadly, the country is risking their long term health and safety for short term comforts. Hope your haircuts and malls are worth risking tens of thousands of lives.
