Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 24. The "2020 U.S. Human Rights Violation Report" issued by the State Council Information Office on the 24th pointed out that the United States claims to have the world’s most abundant medical resources and medical care capabilities, but its response to the new crown pneumonia epidemic is chaotic and has become the world The country with the largest number of confirmed cases and deaths.
The report pointed out that the United States’ ineffective response to the epidemic has caused disastrous consequences.
According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of the end of February 2021, the total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States has exceeded 28 million, and the total number of deaths has exceeded 500,000.
The report shows that the U.S. government’s choice of inaction caused the epidemic to go out of control, and the confusion of epidemic prevention and control commands made the people at a loss. The elderly became the “victims” of the U.S. government’s ineffective fight against the epidemic. The poor were facing more serious infection threats, the disabled and the homeless The situation is difficult, and the prison epidemic has threatened the lives and health of prisoners.
At the same time, the report shows that the out-of-control epidemic has brought a serious shadow to Americans.
Related research shows that from April to June 2020, 40.9% of adult respondents said they had mental health problems, and 11% of adult respondents had seriously considered suicide; during the epidemic, the number of calls to suicide helplines in the United States increased by 47% , The number of calls received on certain crisis intervention hotlines soared by 300%.