The coronavirus is highlighting in the starkest possible way long-standing problems in the US. This includes governance. In no other peer country are leaders so blatantly disregarding medical advice. In the US, it has become a point of GOP pride to reject expertise.
It has become a point of pride with a *lot* of Americans, but it's reached cultish levels in the GOP, for sure. Hell, you could write a whole book about it, really. https://t.co/dPQL5c2NEv