The US has new coronavirus infection rates that look more like countries that spend much less on health care, particularly Brazil and Russia. - MeetThePress
Meanwhile Russia, with a per-capita GDP figure of $11,200, Brazil at $9,001 and India at $2,009, all have much lower wealth numbers, but higher new infection rates.
As is often noted, the U.S. spends more on health care than any other country: more than $9,900 per capita in 2016, according to the World Bank. But all that spending hasn’t stopped the new infection rate from rising quickly here in the last few weeks. Getting away from dollars, each nation’s COVID timeline does not seem like it plays much of a role either.
Germany and Italy had their first infections in late January and saw new infection spikes in April and March, respectively, both have seen marked declines since then. Russia recorded its first infection at about the same time and didn’t record its new infection spike until mid-May. Brazil, which recorded its first case much later, still has not seen the peak for its new infection rate.
The point is sometimes the data show that underlying economic and health factors have a smaller impact than you might think, even in a pandemic. One thing the U.S., Russia, Brazil and India share, however, is government leaders that have at times downplayed the impact the virus.
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