The worst indictment of the US Covid-19 response is not the cumulative 204,493 death total reached last week. Much of that came from the initial wave, which most countries struggled with. The most damning numbers are the current ones – 5,247 US deaths last week, a 1.595 rate per week per 100,000 population. This contrasts with rates of 0.136 for Canada, 0.089 for Germany, and 0.317 for the United Kingdom.
See for yourself here. This site now gives graphs and tables for any selection of up to 6 of the 208 countries whose data is supplied by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, as well as for groupings like continents, the EU, and the world as a whole. By copying the URL of a completed graph, you can save a graph to email or post. Examples: US vs. EU vs. World, Sweden vs. the rest of Scandinavia, Japan vs. South Korea. Or you can roll your own.