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Abstract
Humans Pandemics - prevention & control Politics
During the devastating global covid-19 pandemic, one nation stood out: the United States saw “eye wateringly high” death rates compared with its peer nations.1 The 1.16 million Americans killed by covid-19 represent 16% of global deaths in a nation with 4% of the world’s population.2 One in three Americans knows someone who died from covid-19,3 about 300 000 children are estimated to have lost one or both parents,4 and there is a substantial burden of long covid.5 [1st paragraph]