You think other countries donrnhave stubborn people? We have the same idiots up here in Canada that refuse to wear masks and protest. Government saves/protects people from themselves all the time. To throw your hands up and say “nothing could have been done” is ridiculous. Orange man spent 2 months calling this shyt a hoax and you feel that had no effect? Not to mention undermining the experts. Fox News running garbage? Yankees are hard headed and dumb but the right leadership could have mitigated the fallout.
Bro this country was founded on rebellion
We have a disrespect for authority embedded in us way deeper than any other country, people dont feel like they're free if they cant say fukk whatever the government is talking about, doesnt even matter what the subject is, this is a country full of rebellious teenagers
Even if another leader could have convinced more people to listen, the amount of people NOT listening would have still been way more than any of the other 1st world countries