You tell me how other countries much smaller than the US, can get better results for half the cost per capita?
Well, assuming your assumption is correct, that they CAN get better results (which is open to debate), the answer is BECAUSE they are MUCH smaller and more homogeneous.
Once we reach a level of automation that all basic human needs can be cared for, without any human labor being involved,
People who lived in 1700 would think that we have done so.
I think most anyone is not naive enough to believe the mainstream media would have covered COVID in the exact same way if Biden was president during that time.
You clearly have not read the other comments on this article.
Memory fault - where am I?