John Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center 1/19/2022
US Totals:
Infections: 68,013,571
Deaths: 855,647

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“The observation of minimum health standards
and the general people’s compliance to desired practices
like social distancing, wearing masks properly, and washing hands
can spell a difference.

How long the COVID-19 pandemic lasts depends on everyone’s cooperation.”
Home Health

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“The United States has the distinction of being the richest country in the world, and yet we have the highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths.

The U.S. ranks behind 58 other countries on vaccinations.

“Given the wide availability of the COVID-19 vaccinations here and the vast number of people who have succumbed to the disease, one would think that the U.S. would be among the leaders in vaccination rates. Not so. Latin American countries are far poorer and arguably less organized than the U.S. but have lost many fewer lives to COVID-19. Citing data from the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center, a report said nine countries to the south ranked before the United States in terms of vaccination rate.

The reasons so many Americans less than 65 years of age have refused to get vaccinated are varied, but politics is a major dividing line. Among 17 of the 18 states that have low vaccination rates are predominantly red states. And it seems that people who have not received the vaccination have dug their heels in the ground with little movement.

What stands out that helps Latin America and other parts of the world (which much of the US lacks) is a cooperation among all age groups in complying with mitigation strategies — wearing masks, social distancing, getting vaccines, as well as washing hands frequently and surfaces daily.” The Hill