Emma Court, Bloomberg: U.S. Stands on Verge of Dark New Milestone: 200,000 Virus Deaths
(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. will top 200,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus in coming days, a devastating milestone that comes eight months after the pathogen was first confirmed on American soil.
The U.S., with 4% of the world’s population, accounts for about 21% of global coronavirus deaths. The disparity underscores America’s failure to contain a virus that blazed through populous states like Texas, Florida and California this summer despite predictions that warmer weather could bring a respite.
With a population of 330 million, the U.S. reached 100,000 Covid-19 deaths on May 27, four months after the first recorded case. It has taken another four months to reach 197,633 as of Thursday evening, according to Johns Hopkins University. That’s a number roughly equal to the population of Yonkers, New York, or Huntsville, Alabama. Brazil ranks second in deaths, with almost 135,000 in a nation of 210 million.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 18, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic: Where are the global hotspots? -- BBC
Coronavirus: constantly surprising virus found to be heat tolerant, self-healing and very resilient in lab tests -- Stephen Chen, SCMP
Taiwan: The threat that the world ignores -- Richard Walker, DW
China as a Faltering Contender. -- Andrew A. Latham, RCD
Avoiding Armageddon By Checkmating China -- James Jay Carafano, National Interest
Geopolitics and Geoeconomics Won the Cold War and Can Help Contain China. -- Francis P. Sempa, RCD
If China loses a future war, entropy could be imminent -- Jan Kallberg, Defense News
WAKE UP, AMERICA: China and Russia Are Plotting to Destroy Us -- Douglas Schoen, Medium
Exclusive: In Afghanistan, the Taliban eye their return to centre stage -- Sonia Ghezali, France 24
Mozambique's jihadists and the 'curse' of gas and rubies -- BBC
Turkey's confrontational foreign policy challenges Greece, European Union amid rising maritime tensions -- Chris Massaro, Fox News
Why Sweden Should Join NATO -- John Gustavsson, The Bulwark
US-led wars have displaced 37m people. America should accept responsibility -- David Vine, The Guardian
TikTok: The story of a social media giant -- Joe Tidy & Sophia Smith Galer, BBC News
Is the US about to split the internet? -- James Clayton, BBC
Are we ready for a wave of violence after the election? -- Alan Dershowitz, The Hill
