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How Australia saved thousands of lives while Covid killed 1 million Americans

By Damien Cave
New York Times·
13 mins to read
How Australia saved thousands of lives while Covid killed 1 million Americans
How Australia saved thousands of lives while Covid killed 1 million Americans

The United States and Australia share similar demographics, but their pandemic death rates point to very different cultures of trust.

If the United States had the same Covid death rate as Australia, about 900,000 lives would have been saved. The Texas grandmother who made the perfect pumpkin pie might still

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