Morning Thoughts on Forty Thousand Deaths

There will be many questions about America’s response to Covid-19. Historians will pore over the documents and testimony for decades. I am no statistician, by any means — but I know that among my readers ARE such folks, and I wanted to propose a little exercise.

(Perhaps this just expresses my flawed thinking, and if so, I apologize in advance. But that’s the last apology.)

O.k. — here goes.

I think that the best comparisons for the U.S. are not Europe, but here in the Americas, as we have the exact same…