Originally Posted by narvik

One anecdotal reason why the US is #1 and doomed, IMO:

We're washing our horses outside prior to putting them in the barn yesterday evening.
Neighbor drives over, and hops out of his car. He's usually a bit of a "close-talker", so I ask him to observe physical distancing.
He keeps approaching, so I again ask him to maintain physical distance. He proceeds to approach whilst insisting: "I don't have it, don't worry!".
I grab and don my N99 mask.
He immediately gets annoyed, mumbles something, turns around and leaves in a huff.
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