Yeah, we in the rest of the world is very aware of that and frankly a bit tired of it. But my grief about that is nowhere as big as South American or countries in the middle east.

> the U.S. could and should have provided global leadership

Realistically, I don't don't think the US would be able to provide global leadership. Your leaders were denying that this outbreak was even real and the person responsible for the containment is a person who believes prayers can actually solve things. So I don't think anyone is expecting the US to have any real play on the world scene today.