It was also bad stats. America was constantly being compared to nations with fractions of its population yet the deaths were always in raw numbers instead of relative.
It was also the spotlight nation for "BADDIE BAD" so its deaths were being incredibly fluffed up to make it look worse than it was, while most of the comparison nations were likely doing the opposite to make it look like their method was working.
I mean, obviously you're going to compare by capita. 1 million dead in the US sounds like a lot, but per capita it's also more than in a country like Germany.
Interestingly, unless you are Sweden or the US, no one cares about your death rate. There are huge differences in death rates between other countries, and no one who cares to explain why.
It was also bad stats. America was constantly being compared to nations with fractions of its population yet the deaths were always in raw numbers instead of relative.
It was also the spotlight nation for "BADDIE BAD" so its deaths were being incredibly fluffed up to make it look worse than it was, while most of the comparison nations were likely doing the opposite to make it look like their method was working.
I mean, obviously you're going to compare by capita. 1 million dead in the US sounds like a lot, but per capita it's also more than in a country like Germany.
Interestingly, unless you are Sweden or the US, no one cares about your death rate. There are huge differences in death rates between other countries, and no one who cares to explain why.