Barack Obama: “If you look at a country like Canada, their per capita death…”

“Businesses were going to shut down for a while. Travel was going to be restricted. It was something we hadn't seen since 1918. Right? So it was going to be a challenge. But If you look at a country like Canada, their per capita death rate was 60% lower than the United States. Now, I want you to do the math. Let's say we lost more than a million people from COVID in the United States. 60% difference. That's 600,000 people.” (1:00:49–1:01:01)

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