The American Infection

The Europeans did a much better job of controlling the coronavirus than we did, and they don’t want us spreading it there.

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People walk in Times Square following the coronavirus outbreak in New York City, March 16, 2020.

Carlo Allegri/Reuters

China. Cuba. Uganda. Check. The United States of America? Not so fast, there.

Keeping up with the Joneses? When it comes to the coronavirus epidemic, the United States cannot even keep up with those — what did Donald Trump call them? — humid struggling countries that Americans rarely condescend to take notice of.

Kevin D. Williamson

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Kevin D. Williamson

Kevin D. Williamson is a former fellow at National Review Institute and a former roving correspondent for National Review.

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