 For Americans, war for the rest of the world. In a society moving at the speed of light, we cannot just move on and forget what happened. There have been tens of millions of excess deaths worldwide, many right here in the United States of America. Substantial portions of the global economy shut down as the virus spread worldwide, leading to trillions in economic damages. As you'll hear shortly, the projected cost for the United States is a staggering $18 trillion, with a T.