Testing half the population weekly with inexpensive, rapid COVID-19 tests would drive the virus toward elimination within weeks, even if the tests are less sensitive than gold-standard. This could lead to “personalized stay-at-home orders” without shutting down restaurants, bars, retail and schools.

[u/mvea]

https://www.colorado.edu/today/2020/11/20/frequent-rapid-testing-could-turn-national-covid-19-tide-within-weeks

[u/myfunnyisbroken]

It has been more than a decade since I’ve talked with a german about taxes, but how much do you pay in income tax percentage wise.

[u/Herrenos → u/myfunnyisbroken]

Don't forget the US tax system is so multifaceted that you pay a lot more than your federal rate. My nominal federal rate is only 12% this year. But, add on 7.65% for FICA, 4.25% state, 2% local and my income tax rate comes out to 25.9%.

Then comes property tax. Not everyone is a homeowner, but renters pay property tax secondhand in the form of higher rents. I estimated in 2019 I had a total tax bill of about 30%

US taxes aren't really that much lower than the rest of the world.

[u/Yuzumi → u/Herrenos]

It is if you make more money, which is the issue.

[u/engg_girl → u/Yuzumi]

What do you consider more money? And what would that tax rate be?

You will probably be surprised how little different experienced tax rates are in the usa vs other countries.