That number, which was confirmed to be 0.7% on average, was how many referrals the affiliate links lost to Elements. Not how many regular users on AJ click on the banner.
Where did you get that number?
Anyway, July started incredibly well, and has since cooled down a bit, but still way above average and has almost caught up with June after only two weeks. And US buyers are #1, so no, they have not fled the planet.
What is true for someone is usually not THE TRUTH. Some master complainers (not you Mojo) here haven’t worked for over 6 months, so maybe that would be a good place to start. 