Politics and COVID-19 responses in Europe vs US

Ian Explains: Politics & COVID-19 Responses in Europe vs US | GZERO World

Ian Bremmer offers analysis about how the EU and the US, with similar overall population sizes, ended up with such drastically different results after months of battling the COVID-19 pandemic. Politicizing the issue and ignoring the advice of scientists rank high on the list of missteps made in America.

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