I'm Canadian, and it is surreal watching the country below us completely waste the lockdown so they can go to beaches and bars and then urgently move to shoving kids back into the classroom.
Do you still feel that you can count on your government? On your neighbours?
The current death rate in each state can very easily be explained by actions the governors in those states took. They'll answer to their voters, and we'll see if their PR campaign blitz is enough to save them.
The answer to this for me depends on what the election in November holds.
Making a mistake once and having to live with it for 4 years is manageable. Institutions can recover. But another 4 years of this is would be an unmitigated disaster for the republic.