Paul Krugman

How America Lost the War on Covid-19
It wasn’t because of our culture, it was because of our leadership.

By Paul Krugman, July 6, 2020

In any case, the point is that America’s defeat at the hands of the coronavirus didn’t happen because victory was impossible. Nor was it because we as a nation were incapable of responding. No, we lost because Trump and those around him decided that it was in their political interests to let the virus run wild.