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The unique US failure to control Covid-19

By David Leonhardt
New York Times·
26 mins to read

Slowing the coronavirus has been especially difficult for the United States because of its tradition of prioritising individuals and missteps by the Trump administration.

Nearly every country has struggled to contain the coronavirus and made mistakes along the way.

China committed the first major failure, silencing doctors who tried to raise alarms about the virus and allowing it to escape from Wuhan. Much of Europe went next, failing to avoid enormous outbreaks. Today, many countries — Japan, Canada, France, Australia

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