Why the U.S. Has the World’s Highest Number of Covid-19 Deaths
The U.S. now has the world’s highest number of deaths from Covid-19, with at least 25,000 losing their lives to the virus as of this moment (Tuesday afternoon, April 14, 2020). Why is this?
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute, Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University, suggests this: Unlike China, which turned to its public health experts, Trump turned to Vice President Mike Pence and son-in-law Jared Kushner. (more…)
A reader asks: Obviously the main part of this is to crash the economy and blame it on Trump so he doesn’t get re-elected. But from everything I can see he’s getting more and more popular and the media less and less. What do you think?
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Mike: I think you’re being coy here. You must have noticed that Trump is incapable of many things, of which empathy is one. Telling the truth is another. Never missing an opportunity for self-aggrandizement or punishing a critic is yet one more. 
Here’s a guy who says the progressive agenda in America is not dead. He’s right, of course. There is no reason to think the United States can’t or won’t join the rest of the developed world in offering its citizens universal healthcare and free public education, while committing to environmental stewardship and some level of social justice. 
….. and we really wish we could 
Here in the United States, we try to hold our public officials liable for acts of gross negligence and reckless disregard for human life, and 
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