In all three of these "scandals" the biggest, most important facts are ignored, while the most vocal advocates focus almost exclusively on the minutia.

For Russiagate, the idea that $100K of puppy memes on Facebook would overturn a multi-billion dollar election is comically absurd. Russiagate enthusiasts almost never talked about how ridiculous this looked from a big picture view..

Venezuela has been unable to purchase COVID-19 vaccines because of U.S. sanctions.

I've disliked the EU ever since they started putting austerity measures in place for small member countries like Greece. It showed more than anything to me that the EU was really Germany in charge of the rest of Europe from an economic standpoint, without other member countries having a way to control their finances like any other sovereign country (e.g., print more money, go into debt, etc.).

Let us begin at the beginning, noting with uncertainty that the curse of the virus envelops humanity like an invisible fog and all numbers are impermanent. As of this writing, covid deaths in the US have passed 300,000 and covid infections number is more than 17 million. These are the highest numbers for any country in the world. (By way of comparison, deaths per 100,000 of the population are: 91.44 US, 96.66 UK, 10.60 India. Fatality/case ratios are: 1.8% US, 3.5% UK, 1.5% India.