tbh, americans are pretty retarded---they obviously have little to no regard for vulnerable populations like the elderly. the projected deaths are getting higher everyday. most of those deaths are gonna be our parents and grandparents, all because of these arrogant assholes who think "it's only a cold, what does it matter"? and they go around spreading this extremely infectious virus exponentially through our communities.
trump downplaying the pandemic every step of the way for the last 2 months has worsened the crisis immeasurably. americans never took it seriously. they still aren't.
Americans are responsible for some of the greatest achievements of the modern society, yet on the whole as a people, they really are incredibly dumb and selfish. From their reactions on gun laws when school-shooting happen to the present uber-machos on twitter saying stuff like "this is the govt trying to take away your freedom", "How is your free trial of communism", "Its just overblown. look there is no crowd at the hospital", "Deep-fakes, fake media, Trump is God". It is unbelievable how dumb this is.
The only thing that works is to maintain social distancing personally, in your family, in your locality and ensure that your own little island is safe. Keep your individial islands safe for long enough and once enough people realize that its no joke, we can possibly get back to normal with some precautionary habits like no handshakes, masks, covering when sneezing and sanitizing hands and oft-touched surfaces. That is basically all that is needed but unfortunately, the whole lot of them are individual experts in epidemiology and governance.