I think you misunderstand what I'm saying. I'm suggesting that the American people are incapable of thinking beyond themselves and do not have the stomach to voluntarily quarantine themselves. We are a weak, selfish people.
That's just simply not true and incredibly narrow thinking. There are lots of people who think beyond themselves. People donate blood and even organs, put themselves in harm's way to help someone else, sacrifice their wants for the greater good of the community among many other things...all the time. Now sometimes it feels like we fall short and there are those "why we can't have nice things" people who spoil it for everyone else. But that's certainly not everyone. Maybe not even the majority. A lot of people are trying to do the right thing. So I disagree that all, or even most Americans are weak/selfish.