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[–] 10 points 8 months ago (1 child)

The US has the 17th highest deaths per capita and covid was the 3rd largest killer in 2020, behind cancer and heart disease.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States

Not per capita they had the highest number of deaths and highest number of confirmed cases (and experts think that actual cases are much higher due to a lack of mass testing and a shortage of tests)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_by_country_and_territory

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    The US certainly treated the issue horribly. It became a bizarre political misinformation campaign.

    At the same time obesity and mortality from covid have a strong correlation. In wealthy countries it is one of the top factors. Helps explain your stats. Still might have been better with getting vaccines and masking of course.

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