Originally Posted by
cher1
America is weeks behind Spain, Italy and even the UK in terms of progress of the disease so it really isn't possible to compare death rates at this stage. Maybe NYC is nearing its peak - hopefully - in terms of new infections, (not deaths), but the rest of the country is way behind. Lockdown takes weeks to have an effect on reducing deaths, you just have to look at us. And of course, the lockdown isn't quite what we think of. Have just seen the huge queues of people waiting to claim unemployment benefit - absolutely no social distancing at all. Trump and co can't even manage it at their daily task force 'show'.
Sadly I stand by the comments I made in March earlier in the thread, this is going to be truly terrible for America.