The US has a population of over 300.000.000 people, so it comes down to 500 deaths/1.000.000 population. For example, Belgium hasdhas that.
Numbers never lie, but you have to put them in the correct context. Are those numbers high? Well yes, but they aren't the worst in the world.
Actually,
they kind of are. Sure, for the moment our death rates are comparable per million inhabitants, but with your amount of cases still rising daily, it's not going to stay that way (it's like saying that you've lost about as much as your neighbor in a fire, but his house has burnt down while your house - that's twice as big - is still burning).
On top of that (and what
@Lacius already mentioned): Belgium is a small but pretty densely populated area. The US certainly has some big metropoles, but when taking everything combined, the population density is ten times less (383 people/km² in Belgium vs 36 people/km² in the US). So...guess who had it relatively easy yet screwed it up?
But ey, we were underprepared (absolutely), and got hit pretty hard for it. But we flattened the curve. But while our current numbers
are rising (fuck...7 deaths? It was 1 or 2 a few weeks ago!
) it's in no way comparable to the US.
So...next time you bring numbers, bring some that aren't so easily dismissed, okay? I'm pretty tired of being compared to the USA when our starting circumstances weren't the same to begin with.
Ahem...on topic: who the fuck are Jo Joregson and Howie Hawkins? And should I be worried that f***ing Kanye West gets more publicity than these guys?
Oh, right...I'd vote Bernie if it was possible. And Biden by lack of any serious competition on the ACTUAL political left(1) if I was a US citizen.
(1): sure, democrats are "less right" than republicans, but I call left and right based on their programs and ideas, not on where they stand relative to one another.