Column: The U.S. Failed Miserably on COVID-19. Canada Shows It Didn't Have to Be That Way

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English - May 31, 2022 12:19 - 8 minutes - 15 MB - ★★★★ - 63 ratings
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646,970 lives.

This is the number of Americans who would be alive today if the United States had the same per capita death rate from COVID-19 as our northern neighbor, Canada.

Reflect for a moment on the sheer magnitude of the lives lost. 646,970 is more than the entire population of Detroit. And it is more than the total number of American lives lost in World War I, World War II, and Vietnam combined.

No country is more similar to the U.S.