The number of COVID deaths in the United States dwarfs that of any other country. According to Statista.com, as of April 11, well over 1 million Americans have died. The United States is a large country, so a high number of deaths might be expected.
But the U.S. also ignominiously ranks in the top 10 in the number of deaths per capita, along with much poorer countries such as Chile and the Philippines, according to Johns Hopkins’s Coronavirus Resource Center.
There are many reasons for America’s failure to help its citizens enjoy good health and avoid succumbing to COVID, but one thing is clear: Glaring systemic problems in the way we deliver health care in the United States are a big part of the problem.
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