The cooler, more rational thinking went AWOL last March/April. Europe got hit hard then, went into strict lockdown led by national and science leaders and are now playing soccer. We split into 50 separate nations with no central leadership nor the will to defeat the virus. We are now seeing 10 times the cases as Europe, which has about 100 million more people. We whined about our freedom while they locked down...Voila.
The United States death rate per capita is lower than most major European countries. The number of cases per capita is higher. We are also testing more so this is decieving. We probably do have somewhat more cases than Europe, but our death rate per capita is lower and we will likely reach herd immunity faster. That is what counts.