Thread by @TheValuesVoter

How bad has the US handled the Coronavirus pandemic?

Let’s compare ourselves to the other G7 countries. All of which had their first Covid cases within a week of when we had ours.

USA
First Confirmed Case:
1/21/20
Most New Cases in a day:
48,529 (on 4/26)
Latest New Cases in a day:
41,556 (on 6/30, 85.63% of peak)

Canada
First Confirmed Case:
1/26/20
Most New Cases in a day:
2,769 (on 5/4)
Latest New Cases in a day:
668 (on 6/30, 24.20% of peak)

France
First Confirmed Case:
1/25/20
Most New Cases in a day:
7,578 (on 4/1)
Latest New Cases in a day:
1,324 (on 6/30, 17.47% of peak)

Germany
First Confirmed Case:
6,294 (on 3/28)
Latest New Casea in a day:
498 (on 6/30, 7.91% of peak)

Italy
First Confirmed Case:
1/31/20
Most New Cases in a day:
6,557 (on 3/22)
Latest New Cases in a day:
126 (on 6/30, 1.92% of peak)

Japan
First Confirmed Case:
1/15/10
Most New Cases in a day:
1,401 (on 4/12)
Latest New Cases in a day:
117 (on 6/30, 8.35% of peak)

United Kingdom
First Confirmed Case:
1/31/20
Most New Cases in a day:
8,719 (on 4/12)
Latest New Cases in a day:
814 (on 6/30, 9.34% of peak)

All of these other countries got hit with Covid at roughly the same time we did. Within a week of us.

All of them peaked within 5 weeks of us.

And all of them now have less than a quarter of the new cases they had at their peak. Versus our 85%. And we will soon beat our peak.

Source: ourworldindata.org

Here are the G7 countries, including the US, in terms of number of new cases per million population:

US
Peak: 146.61 new cases/day per million
Peak date: 4/12
Current rate: 125.55 new cases per million (85.63% of peak)

Canada
Peak: 73.13 new cases/day per million
Peak date: 5/4
Current rate: 17.70 new cases per million (24.20% of peak)

France
Peak: 116.10 new cases/day per million
Peak date: 4/1
Current rate: 20.28 new cases per million (17.47% of peak)

Germany
Peak: 75.122 new cases/day per million
Peak date: 3/28
Current rate: 5.94 new cases per million (7.91% of peak)

Italy
Peak: 108.449 new cases/day per million
Peak date: 3/22
Current rate: 2.08 new cases per million (1.92% of peak)

Japan
Peak: 11.077 new cases/day per million
Peak date: 4/12
Current rate: 0.93 new cases/day per million (8.35% of peak)

UK
Peak: 128.436 new cases/day per million
Peak date: 4/12
Current rate: 11.99 new cases/day per million (9.34% of peak)

So, comparing the US to the other G7 countries:

- We are closest now to our peak number of new cases per million population than any of the other countries by a LOT. On 6/30, our new cases were 85.63% of our peak number. The next closest is Canada, which is at 24.20%. Not good.

- We hit our peak later than any of the other G7 countries except for Canada. We peaked (so far) for new Covid cases on 4/26 and Canada peaked on 5/4. But Canada has basically recovered and we're going to soon exceed our worst day ever.

Of the G7 countries, the US was the second to have a documented case. Japan got their first one confirmed on 1/15. We got ours on 1/21. The others got theirs within the next 10 days after us. But, again, everybody else has recovered. We're the only ones of the G7 who haven't.

Expand it to the 20 most well-developed nations on the UN's Human Development Index, of which we are one of them.

The US is doing worse in terms of our current new cases versus our peak new cases than any of the countries except for Sweden. Which isn't far behind us.

We hit our peak, in terms of the largest number of new cases adjusted for population, than any of the Top 20 HDI countries except for Canada and Sweden. We had our worst day most recently except for them.

Of all the Top 20 HDI countries, the US was the second to have a confirmed Covid case, right after Japan. So we don't even have the excuse of it hitting us late. All the 18 countries that had their first cases after us, except Sweden, are doing better than us.

Every way I look at it, the US has handled the Coronavirus outbreak in a way that is vastly inferior to the way that all the other top wealthy countries in the world have handled it.

Like I often say, don't take my word for it. Check it for yourself. We are in the basement.