Without any data or published results your comment provides nothing to back its claims.
(The US seems to be ahead of most european countries.)
The OPs claims were not flippant and are easy to verify. Erhk was being lazy and trying to pin that laziness on the OP. It's the very behavior LMGTFY was invented to expose.
Demanding citations for easily checked facts is one of the primary signs of bad-faith arguing.
> Demanding citations for easily checked facts is one of the primary signs of bad-faith arguing.
Not providing facts and then expecting people to do it for you is arguing in bad faith. Particularly when it’s trivial to find sources telling that the fact-free opinion is in fact wrong.