[mcantelon]

>I got no doubt at this stage that the US will be hit the hardest from all the developed countries.

It's the biggest and most diverse so that's wouldn't be surprising, yes.

[netsharc]

Ooh "diverse", is it because "homogeneous" countries would have the disease better in control, so like many things, it's a problem attributed to "diversity"?

Whenever I read "homogeneous nation" I take a glance at my racism-o-meter...

[magduf]

I think the problem isn't heterogeneity in ethnicity, it's heterogeneity in values. Many western European nations have a good amount of ethnic diversity, but they don't have half the population saying that nationalized healthcare (like in the UK) is "socialist" and they don't want it. The different ethnic groups there seem to be able to all agree on what kind of things are necessary to achieve an advanced, modern nation. We in the US simply cannot.