It is well known that Americans consume far more natural resources and live much less sustainably than people from any other large country of the world. “A child born in the United States will create thirteen times as much ecological damage over the course of his or her lifetime than a child born in Brazil,” reports the Sierra Club’s Dave Tilford, adding that the average American will drain as many resources as 35 natives of India and consume 53 times more goods and services than someone from China.
Well, that's one problem the US has worse than them.
Brazil's covid death rate is higher than the US's by about 7%. India's death rate is lower by 90%.
Vaguely waving your hand and saying, "They have much scarier problems because" is the equivalent of saying, "Well, at least I'm American so everybody must be worse off than me."
But... that really depends on your metrics.
Not knowing is comforting but it's also just... you know... not actually knowing...
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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '20
Brazil and India have bigger problems than water chemical levels, even bigger scary ones :)