United States Number One For Coronavirus Cases meme examples

The United States Becomes Number One Country For Coronavirus Cases

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The United States Becomes Number One Country For Coronavirus Cases refers to the news that the U.S. now leads the world for the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, surpassing China, Italy and any other country for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic. Following the announcement, a series of memes arose describing the news on a large number of websites and social media platforms in late March 2020, typically poking fun at America’s perceived desire to be number 1 for most situations.

Origin

On March 26th, 2020, several media publications released the news that, for the first time since the outbreak, the U.S. had become the country with the most confirmed cases of coronavirus (although the number for China is widely speculated to be underreported). In the wake of the announcement, the news began trending on a number of social media platforms, which resulted in a wave of memes reacting to it or referencing it alongside "We’re number 1!"

One such example was tweeted by Twitter[1] user @Greenclaw164 on March 26th, 2020, shortly after the news began trending on the platform. The tweet (seen below) received over 1,000 retweets and 5,200 likes.


Spread

Similar memes continued to spread in the following days as users from other social platforms and websites created their own examples referring to the announcement. On March 26th, 2020, Redditor[2] fcgyk posted a version to the r/dankmemes sub. This post (shown below) received nearly 20,000 likes, 360 comments and a couple Reddit awards.


Country, Total Other Cases IE USA 82,974 China 81,285 AMERICA FIRST capitolhilloutsider.com

Twitter[3] user TriestSoul also reacted with a reference to Robbie Rotten’s “We Are Number One” in a tweet on March 26th, 2020. This reaction (seen below) was liked over 1,700 times and retweeted 253 times.


Redditor[4] Leipurinen posted another meme on March 26th, 2020, depicting the number of confirmed cases alongside the title, “USA! USA! USA! USA!” The post (shown below) received over 21,100 upvotes, 749 comments and several Reddit awards.


Country, Total New Total Other If Cases F Cases If Deaths I1 USA 82,179 +13,968 1,177 China 81,285 +67 3,287 Italy 80,589 +6,203 8,215 Spain 56,347 +6,832 4,154 MURICA

On March 26th, 2020, Redditor[5] marzak12 used a similar format with a different reaction image and received roughly 5,500 upvotes and 156 comments (seen below).


Country, Total New Te Other If Cases Cases 1 D USA 81,946 +13,735 China 81,285 +67 USA first place is first-place

Redditor[6] organic_crystal_meth posted another variant with Robbie Rotten on March 27th, 2020, to the r/dankmemes sub. The meme, which used a GIF of the song, (shown below) was upvoted over 15,000 times.


Country, Total Other Cases IF USA 82,974 China 81,285 WP.C

Various Examples


America having a higher number of coronavirus cases than Italy Me, an American made with mematic US surpasses China for most coronavirus cases LIVE UPDATES There are more than 82,000 coronavirus cases nationwide, according to CNN's tally NUMBER ONE! Mission accomplished! MameCenter Americans when they discover they now have more corona virus cases than any other country. made with patriotism

USA USA USA SA (/ Italy China USA USA 80,000+ cases made with mematic 666 Cases Country, Total New Total New Other If Cases IF Cases 1 Deaths 1 Deaths |t USA 81,996 +13,785 1,177 +150 China 81,285 +67 3,287 +6 Italy. 80,589 +6,203 8,215 +712 Spain 56,347 +6,832 4,154 +507 IF YOU AIN'T FIRST. YOU'RE LAST!

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External References

[1] Twitter – Greenclaw164

[2] Reddit – r/dankmemes

[3] Twitter – TriestSoul

[4] Reddit – r/memes

[5] Reddit – r/dankmemes

[6] Reddit – r/dankmemes

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