BOSTON - Big house parties and weddings, summer camps, concerts, crowded bars and restaurants, shopping trips without masks — Americans' resistance to curbs on everyday life is seen as a key reason the U.S.
has racked up more confirmed coronavirus deaths and infections by far than any other country.The nation has recorded more than 155,000 dead in a little more than six months and is fast approaching an almost off-the-charts 5 million COVID-19 infections.Some Americans have resisted wearing masks and social distancing, calling such precautions an over-the-top response or an infringement on their liberty.