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I’m sorry to say, but I think the US may be hit disproportionately badly by this virus crisis. I don’t live there, so I’m certainly no expert, but the federal system doesn’t really appear to allow for a national strategic approach to coping with it.

There are lots of desperately poor people in the States, lots of guns, distrust in Big Government, and what seems to be a very thin barrier to a breakdown in law and order. Healthcare seems quite politicised, but what would happen in the eventuality of mass infection? Would people be treated for free? How does health insurance work? That’s not a loaded question or troll bait, I genuinely don’t know.

Is the President ‘on point’ on this. He gets overwhelmingly negative press coverage here all the time, so it’s hard to objectively tell or get a nuanced view for us Brits.

Stay safe and sane, American cousins 🤞🏼

Unfortunately I think your concerns are well-based. Hopefully not, and the course of the virus passes through with a relatively minimal toll. But many of the points you touched upon are true. Just like it's tougher for continental Europe to cope, what with all the shared borders with multiple countries, the States is a huge country with 50 states going in different directions or at different stages of action. New York, especially NYC, is a bad scene right now... and some of the TV interviews with scared shitless nurses with little or no PPE are gut-wrenching. Other big cities may follow suit.