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The U.S. needs a COVID commission: Editor’s Commentary

An independent inquiry should hold officials accountable and chart the path forward

January 11, 2021 10:33 PM UTC

No country was better prepared for a pandemic than the United States and in no country has the response been as disastrously incompetent. The American public needs to know why.

By the end of January, the pandemic will have killed more Americans than are buried in Arlington cemetery. On almost each day this year, the COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. has exceeded the number of people who were murdered on 9/11. ...