A Real Ranking
America Ranked First! In June, when Bloomberg changed the metrics of its COVID Resilience Ranking to “accommodate the shift in COVID-19 management,” this was done to lift the U.S. from May’s 13th place to the top spot in the index, a system in place since last November and updated monthly.
America Ranked First? Wang Wen, Executive Dean of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China, said the obsession with being “No.1” goes against facts and human ethics.
As of August 12, the U.S. reported more than 36 million cumulative confirmed cases of COVID-19, including more than 610,000 deaths,
