I have a friend who claims that because the US wasn't serious about masks "This is why the rest of developed world has flattened the curve while the US was still showing an exponential growth in cases" He also acknowledges that the virus isn't that deadly so I don't need sources on that.
I need sources about why that isn't the case. Either analyzing the trends of other countries curves or about the US not actually having an extra trend. Information about masks not working also helps, but should probably be secondary.
Frankly I expect this to be about overreporting in the US and suspected cases being counted.
I have a friend who claims that because the US wasn't serious about masks "This is why the rest of developed world has flattened the curve while the US was still showing an exponential growth in cases" He also acknowledges that the virus isn't that deadly so I don't need sources on that.
I need sources about why that isn't the case. Either analyzing the trends of other countries curves or about the US not actually having an extra trend. Information about masks not working also helps, but should probably be secondary.
Frankly I expect this to be about overreporting in the US and suspected cases being counted.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
These charts clearly show that there has been no exponential growth in the number of cases. Your friend is misinformed.
That's helpful in that regard, but his issue is more with the US vs other countries. I'm quite sure the exponential comment is more of a hyperbolic than a factual statement. He has a background in math so he would obviously know about it.
We've identified more cases than anyone else because we've tested significantly more than anyone else. You can pull up data from other countries on the same website if you want to compare results, or here: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/
Tell your friend not to reproduce.