US Deaths from Covid-19
The Center for Contemporary Political Art and Millennium Arts Salon requested poster art to encourage voting in 2020. The initiative honors the late US Representative and civil rights icon John Lewis. One template option was “190,000 +” to memorialize US deaths from COVID-19.
At 640 deaths per million people, US COVID-19 fatalities per capita remain in the top 10 among countries. By comparison, Canada has experienced 258 COVID-19 deaths per million people, Germany 115 per million, Australia 36, and Ethiopia 11. US population health does not explain the higher death rate. Several countries with poorer health scores have lower COVID death rates per capita. Testing differences also do not explain high US mortality. Some international differences exist, but not enough to account for US mortality rates 2 to 60 times greater than those in other countries.
Why is it so important for Americans to vote this year? First, our country needs dramatically improved management of the pandemic, yesterday. Second, we’re at the cusp of opportunity to finally heal racial wounds festering since 1619. Most importantly, both internal and foreign forces seek to subvert and manipulate our election process. If our elections are corrupted or the results aren’t accepted, our country is basically finished. Put simply, voting defends voting. Use it or lose it.
REFERENCES
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deaths-worldwide-per-million-inhabitants/
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/healthiest-countries|
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/cumulative-cases