Love of country is not blindness to its flaws. I dearly love my wife, but I do not think that she is without flaws. I imagine (and hope) that she feels the same about me.
Love of country means you care about it in a way that goes beyond liking where you live and who your friends are. It means that you are willing to work for its betterment, that when push comes to shove, you favor its welfare rather than its enemies' welfare.
It means you would be willing to give something of yourself, something that might be difficult, disgusting, or even dangerous.
It means that you give your fellow-countrymen the benefit of the doubt. You can't love America and hate or despise half of the people who live here.
Love of country is literally patriotism. Or maybe I should put it the other way, patriotism is love of country.
There has never been a country, or even a club, in the world that was without flaws. We are wrong if we believe that our country is uniquely flawed, or even more flawed than most. But it is, of course, flawed, like all human creations.
That shouldn't preclude us loving it.
If we love our country, we should gladly, willingly, voluntarily sacrifice our comfort just a bit by wearing masks and social-distancing. For the benefit of our fellow-countrymen, even if we don't think it's necessary for ourselves.
JMODMIR