This is a good example, I think, of the kind of pandemic coverage that actively contributes to America's inability to respond. The author is nominally on the side of controlling the pandemic, but with such a toxic attitude about it, I can't imagine this article swings people to his side on average. He says "it’s too late", we're in the "Plague States of America", "there’s nothing America can do but wait" - why should anyone make personal sacrifices to help control the coronavirus if it's so hopeless?