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This is a bad day for America in the COVID pandemic.

We now have the most cases per million in western world. We'd have most in world except we're behind places with tiny populations, like Vatican City & Andorra.

Yet our testing remains 5th worst in the industrialized world../1
...at the same time, we have far and away the most deaths and are beginning to see what appears to be the first moments of the second wave.

We were first reported to hit 100,000 deaths 14 days ago. Today, we will hit 115,000 deaths. And that is without the growth of cases.../2
...coming from people infecting people in the weeks after Memorial Day exposure, doesn't include the "everything is fine" or "wearing masks is for liberal wimps" growth, or the protests growth. Next up: The July 4 growth.

America is childish and stupid. We are the ones who.../3
...won't take the full regimen of antibiotics when we have some infection because "Oh, i feel fine now" not accepting that all that does is create worse, more powerful bacteria.

Too many of us won't do what we need to do until it hits us in the face, personally. Too many.../4
...listen to the Moron-in-Chief who refuses to wear a mask to prove how manly he is - meanwhile, while having everyone around him tested constantly and not allowed to come near him until the test results are back.

Protect yourself. No one else will.

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