Ventilator or kit? Trump has another dispute with many governors

Ventilator or kit? Trump and the governor are in dispute again

　　US President Donald Trump accused the Democrats of playing a "political game" with the claim that the new crest virus detection kit is inadequate, and the multi-state governors responded on the 20th that in order to lift the strict anti-epidemic measures in each state and loosen the US economy, the federal The government needs to provide more help in kit supply.

Data graph: US President Trump. China News Agency reporter Chen Meng Tongshe

[Dangerous game? 】

　　After Trump used the National Defense Production Act on March 27, the US federal government is ambitiously advocating a plan to spend $ 2.9 billion and produce 187,000 ventilators annually.

　　Reuters reported that the shortage of ventilators had previously become one of the reasons for the public's identification of the US federal government's weakness in fighting the epidemic. After Trump forced American companies to switch to ventilator production, the demand in various states declined steadily. According to Trump, the surplus ventilator will be sent to Mexico, Italy and other countries.

　　Trump satirized critics on social media "Twitter" on the 20th: "Last month, extreme left-wing, inactive Democrats all said 'ventilator, ventilator, ventilator', although that is the responsibility of the state government , Their shouts were loud and clear, and they thought we were holding our aching feet. Now that everyone has a ventilator, there is still plenty of surplus. "

　　As the epicenter of the new crown epidemic in the United States, New York State Governor Andrew Como previously said that New York State needs about 30,000 ventilators. As the number of critically ill patients in New York State declines, Como said last week that he was prepared to take part of his breath The plane was sent to Maryland and Michigan.

　　The US government ’s large-scale procurement is based on the current estimate of the demand for traumatic ventilators by the US Institute of Health Statistics and Evaluation, which is 16,631 units. However, the US Department of Health did not specify the proportion of traumatic and noninvasive types among the annual output of 187,000 ventilators.

　　Health experts predict that whether the United States needs all the ventilators produced by many companies to work overtime depends on the direction of the epidemic.

　　Trump said in a tweet: "Now they are shouting" detect, detect, detect "and are playing a very dangerous political game. States, not the federal government, should take the lead in testing, but we will work with the state governors Completing this task is not difficult compared to the rapid production of tens of thousands of complex ventilators! "

Data map: Laboratory staff collates test samples. China News Service reporter Hou Yushe

【in unison? 】

　　Trump criticized the state government for over-reliance on the federal government in a tweet on the 20th, and pointed out that some governors simply do not know what resources they have. Vice President Mike Pence then "rounded the field" to assure the governors that the federal government is working hard to help the states improve their testing capabilities.

　　Pence held a video conference with the state governors at the headquarters of the Federal Emergency Measures Agency that day. Pence said, "We will help with testing," and the federal government has sent emails to the states detailing their testing facilities.

　　However, Maryland Governor and Republican Larry Hogan said that most of the unused equipment belongs to the federal laboratory, and the state government has no right to call it. He also announced that, under the coordination of his Korean-American wife, Maryland received 500,000 test reagents from South Korea. "They want the state government to take the lead. We have to take action and solve it ourselves. That's what we did."

　　However, Trump refused to give up, and named Hogan and Illinois governor and Democrat Jay Robert Pritzker at the daily press conference, saying they did not make good use of existing testing resources. "The governor of Maryland should have called Mike Pence and could have saved a lot of money. I don't think he needs to ask for help in South Korea. He needs a little common sense and it will be more helpful."

　　Kansas Governor and Democrat Laura Kelly said: "If we are to reopen the economy, the actions of the federal government are really not enough. We cannot open safely without detection."

　　Ohio Governor and Republican Mike Devine said that Ohio is working with the Federal Food and Drug Administration to find testing reagents to increase the scope of testing. "Some good things are happening, but we haven't seen the results yet."

　　Montana Governor and Democrat Steve Bullock said on the 20th that Montana received 5,000 swabs from the Federal Emergency Measures Agency, stating that the federal government followed the advice, but "that was not enough." Como, a Democrat and Governor of New York, admitted that the state government should take the lead in virus detection, but the federal government should help solve supply chain problems and ensure adequate reagents and collection equipment.

　　American infectious disease expert Anthony Fudge said on the ABC's "Good Morning, United States" program on the 20th that the United States currently does 1.5 million to 2 million virus tests per week, but "we really need to increase to at least perhaps twice, Or three times the amount of detection. " (Tian Ye) (Special feature for Xinhua News Agency)