"This virus should be a wake-up call to the millions of Americans who think life around the world is anything like the relative freedom and comfort that we enjoy here."

I wonder if this section is a large part of what gets you down voted. You are off course right that we need to protect our freedom. Your statement can easily be understood add too broad though. There is also many countries that make policy tradeoffs that might be more attractive and arguably better to many. This holds easily for many European and Asian countries (of course the opposite cases you are aiming it are also easily found) It hints at a sense of American exceptionalism that is frequently uninformed and ugly to many. I acknowledge that this easily is a misinterpretation of your statement. Given the current political climate and how everyone uses terms like "socialism" to mean different things and then fight over it, this wouldn't be a unusual interpretation. You frequently see statements that could be paraphrased as "we cannot have Medicaid for all because then we'll lose all freedom and become like China or Venezuela" which is off course nonsense and this easily can get mixed up in.