US hits 200,000 dead

The United States death toll from Covid-19 has now hit 200,000. This graph of the seven OECD countries with the highest death rates shows how every other country which had a high death rate managed to dramatically slow the infection and hence death rates.

But the United States is not slowing at all. They have now overtaken France, Sweden and Italy in terms of death rates. In a few days or weeks they will overtake UK and Spain.