US Covid deaths hit 600,000 as ex-Biden adviser says high toll was avoidable

Andy Slavitt under fire from the right for saying Americans should have been prepared to sacrifice a little bit'

The US death toll in the coronavirus pandemic passed 600,000 on Tuesday. As it did so, a former White House Covid adviser, Andy Slavitt, was under fire from the right for saying Americans could have avoided such severe losses if they had been prepared to sacrifice a little bit for one another".

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