They describe the rollout as world beating in the headline but simultaneously acknowledge there are a number of countries ahead of the US in several aspects of it. It really isn't a competition but this is just nationalistic nonsense.
It’s a counterpoint to a narrative that is (was?) widespread among American commentators, that the US rollout is uncommonly terrible because the country can’t work together.
Almost like the US is some sort of federation of states.
4 countries are ahead of the US in shots per capita, 190 are behind. Only one of the 4 ahead has a population over 10M.