The United States is approaching 100,000 deaths and the left seems determined to make sure the public blames President Donald Trump for those deaths.
As PJM's Tyler O'Neil noted, the Democratic Coalition is trying to make "Trump Death Toll" a thing. While Tyler effectively demonstrated the absurdity of blaming these deaths on Trump, I'm going to show that despite the headlines that suggest things in the United States are the worst in the world, that is emphatically not the case.
First, let's take a look at the total confirmed deaths of the ten worst-hit countries in descending order (based on the numbers from the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University as of 9:30 am ET May 24).
- USA (96,046)
- UK (36,757)
- Italy (32,735)
- Spain (28,678)
- France (28,218)
- Brazil (22,013)
- Belgium (9,280)
- Germany (8,275)
- Iran (7,417)
- Netherlands (5,841)
- Belgium (791.76)
- Spain (573.38)
- UK (558.95)
- Italy (524.58)
- France (415.90)
- Sweden (391.87)
- Netherlands (338.01)
- Ireland (309.86)
- USA (288.74)
- Switzerland (226.80)
- Downstate NY (1,771.86)
- Belgium (791.76)
- Spain (573.38)
- UK (558.95)
- Italy (524.58)
- France (415.90)
- Sweden (391.87)
- Netherlands (338.01)
- Ireland (309.86)
- USA sans downstate NY (233.44)
It should be noted here that several countries are reportedly undercounting both cases and deaths, including Iran, China, and Russia. It's very possible that the actual case and death numbers for these countries are much higher, possibly even putting them in the top ten, but without reliable data I can't correct for this.
As usual, the media wants the public to believe that the situation in the United States is worse than anywhere else in order to make Trump look bad. The United States approaching 100,000 coronavirus deaths is a grim milestone to be sure, but these deaths should not be politicized. Trump's response was quick and decisive, and likely saved thousands of lives.
Matt Margolis is the author of Trumping Obama: How President Trump Saved Us From Barack Obama's Legacy and the bestselling book The Worst President in History: The Legacy of Barack Obama. You can follow Matt on Twitter @MattMargolis
Given that the US is breaking lockdown early, it is highly likely there will sadly be a substantial increase in deaths in the U.S. over the next few months . A number of other countries put the health and lives of their citizens above economic drivers. (and they have an adequate economic and health safety net for those who become unemployed)
Funny how the 'under-reporting' you mention is all of those countries that the U.S, doesnt like- co-incidence? - I think not- just a little bit of projection there I think
Its very likely there has been substantial under-reporting of deaths right across the world ( particularly where those deaths occur at home or in aged care facilities)- the true figure will be determined once we have total mortality counts for each month and measure that against the previous year, minus a small number of those people who died when they couldn't access healthcare for other health issues because of COVID-19.