Posted on May 16, 2022
How Australia Saved Thousands of Lives While Covid Killed a Million Americans
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If the United States had the same Covid death rate as Australia, about 900,000 lives would have been saved. The Texas grandmother who made the perfect pumpkin pie might still be baking. The Red Sox-loving husband who ran marathons before Covid might still be cheering at Fenway Park.
For many Americans, imagining what might have been will be painful. But especially now, at the milestone of one million deaths in the United States, the nations that did a better job of keeping people alive show what Americans could have done differently and what might still need to change.
Many places provide insight. Japan. Kenya. Norway. But Australia offers perhaps the sharpest comparisons with the American experience. Both countries are English-speaking democracies with similar demographic profiles. In Australia and in the United States, the median age is 38. Roughly 86 percent of Australians live in urban areas, compared with 83 percent of Americans.
For many Americans, imagining what might have been will be painful. But especially now, at the milestone of one million deaths in the United States, the nations that did a better job of keeping people alive show what Americans could have done differently and what might still need to change.
Many places provide insight. Japan. Kenya. Norway. But Australia offers perhaps the sharpest comparisons with the American experience. Both countries are English-speaking democracies with similar demographic profiles. In Australia and in the United States, the median age is 38. Roughly 86 percent of Australians live in urban areas, compared with 83 percent of Americans.
How Australia Saved Thousands of Lives While Covid Killed a Million Americans
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Really don't need to go beyond the type of leadership in each country as Covid was cranking up.
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Republicans politicized the pandemic and hundreds of thousands died as a result. Not to mention we had an inept president in Trump.
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In looking at this pandemic we can't just dismiss the possible root causes while only focusing on the select governmental nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs).
One could argue if the US was funding gain of function research that as well might have saved millions of lives around the globe.
One could argue if the US was funding gain of function research that as well might have saved millions of lives around the globe.
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