This is a ludicrous headline and story.
Europe didn't beat back anything...COVID crushed Europe first.
I mean, why is our media so awful? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/12/07/europe-coronavirus-united-states/
Europe didn't beat back anything...COVID crushed Europe first.
I mean, why is our media so awful? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/12/07/europe-coronavirus-united-states/
The US, from early September, was at least a month, probably 2 months behind Spain, France, etc. The fact that Europe's curve is coming down sooner than ours is about the most obvious thing ever.
And these guys make it some kind of 'success'.
And these guys make it some kind of 'success'.
This is similar to the US story this summer. Media ran with "Oh, Florida is doing worse than New York!"...when the reality was nothing of the sort. NY got crushed badly in the Spring, and Florida and others got hit later. Now, we are seeing the result...NY didn't solve anything.
Lets just take France and the US.
France's surge started...IN AUGUST. They peaked in early November, and are now getting 'better'. That isn't a good result. Lets note France now has virtually the same death rate we do.
France's surge started...IN AUGUST. They peaked in early November, and are now getting 'better'. That isn't a good result. Lets note France now has virtually the same death rate we do.
We had a summer surge, that didn't allow our case levels to go to zero. But our current surge probably began in the middle of September...4-6 weeks after France. So you'd expect our peak to be 6 weeks after France's...which is around New Year's.
Now, compounding this may be Thanksgiving (US only) and Christmas/New Years (both) so we may end up seeing another wave in January, etc for both countries.
But nothing here is saying one country is unique versus the other.
But nothing here is saying one country is unique versus the other.