The COVID-19 pandemic is much worse in the United States than it should be. This is due to a failure of federal response until fairly late in the spread of the virus. We can blame President Trump for most of this problem did not take the warning signs seriously. The blame is shared with those federal officials who should have contradicted him and gone public with what they knew.

The is a long story in about this delay and why this lost time is making things worse. It is long but worth reading. here is a link:

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/how-many-americans-are-sick-lost-february/608521/