China News Service, Beijing, May 27. As of the 27th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States has exceeded 33.1 million, and the cumulative number of deaths is approaching 600,000, ranking first in the world.
Recently, all walks of life in the United States and the international community have reviewed the history of the United States' fight against the epidemic and summed up the "five sins" of the United States' fight against the epidemic.
On May 25th, local time, customers lined up to buy food at a restaurant in Chelsea Market, New York, USA.
The first crime: rumors of distant science
For a long time after the global epidemic broke out, the US government not only did not pay attention to the new crown pneumonia, but also tried to play down the threat of the epidemic more times.
According to reports from the New York Times, Washington Post and many other American media, in the early stages of the outbreak, then US President Trump frequently released false information to mislead the public.
Trump has repeatedly referred to the new crown pneumonia as a "large flu with extremely low infection and mortality rates", conflicting with information released by public health agencies and medical experts, and forcing relevant experts and scholars to "do their duties." Seeking a balance with a fickle government" directly endangers public health.
Some American media pointed out that compared with the new crown epidemic, the government's contempt for professional knowledge and the attitude of putting foolishness above technical capabilities are more direct threats to the public.
The second crime: political struggle and not cooperation to fight the epidemic
At the most severe moment of the epidemic in the United States, 11 states including Texas have announced that they have begun "comprehensive unblocking" and lifting the "mask ban". The reason given is that "the government's epidemic prevention policy is meaningless."
The "Los Angeles Times" commented that the states of the United States are fighting each other and failing to abide by a unified national strategy to fight the epidemic. Such behavior is "eroding the American Federation."
Not only that, but politicians from all parties in the United States also use serious epidemic prevention policies as political weapons.
Trump and the Republican Party condemned the extremely high mortality rate in the Democratic governing states, while the Democrats blamed Trump for all the tragedies of the people's deaths, but none of them noticed the high mortality rate and ineffective epidemic prevention in their governing states.
In this regard, Sandro Gallia, dean of the Boston University School of Public Health, believes that the United States under the influence of partisan differences can no longer rationally discuss the risk of the epidemic.
Data map: Former US President Trump.
The third crime: discrediting other countries and shifting responsibility
Since the beginning of the outbreak, a group of American politicians represented by Trump have repeatedly hyped the conspiracy theory of "Chinese laboratory leaking virus" and produced stigmatizing terms such as "Chinese virus" and "Kung Fu flu."
These people disregarded the scientific basis of the real customer view, and tried to transfer the cause of the domestic epidemic out of control from their own inability to fight the epidemic to others.
CNN, Der Spiegel and many other foreign media have disclosed that American politicians' remarks to discredit China are intended to mislead the public and shift criticisms of ineffective fight against the epidemic to attacks on China.
In early 2021, the United States and Western countries publicly questioned the research report issued by the China-WHO Joint Expert Group on the Traceability of the New Coronavirus, launched the media to attack the professional ethics of experts, claiming that China was "manipulating" the report.
Some scholars have criticized that the United States and Western countries have sent experts to participate in the research, and at this time they openly questioned the scientific conclusions, but used the epidemic for political purposes.
The fourth crime: throwing away the pot and evading responsibility
July 2020 is at a critical moment in the global fight against the epidemic, but at this time the Trump administration announced that it will withdraw from the World Health Organization.
This move immediately drew strong condemnation from many parties in the international community.
Elizabeth Cousins, chairperson of the United Nations Foundation, said bluntly that the short-sighted actions of the United States will undermine the global effort to fight the new crown epidemic.
Politicians in the United States also voiced their opposition to this move, saying that withdrawing from the World Health Organization "will only leave the United States alone and helpless."
Some analysts pointed out that the US government's accusation and announcing of its withdrawal from the WHO are purely looking for a "scapegoat" for its domestic failure to fight the epidemic.
On May 12th, local time, at the COVID-19 vaccination site at Citi Field, the home of the New York Mets baseball team, people lined up for vaccination.
Fifth crime: selfishness, America first
After the successful development of the new crown vaccine, it was supposed to be a global public product to support international anti-epidemic cooperation, but it was hoarded by some American and Western countries and prohibited its export.
According to statistics, the U.S. government has purchased about a quarter of the world’s new coronavirus vaccine, which is nearly four times the demand for the U.S.’s 330 million people. The country has also produced more than 164 million doses of vaccine.
However, as of March this year, the United States only symbolically "rented" 4 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Canada and Mexico.
Some media commented that while billions of people around the world are anxiously waiting for vaccines, a large number of vaccines have accumulated in warehouses in the United States.
In addition, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer is also facing production difficulties due to the United States restricting the export of key raw materials and equipment.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus once said that some countries’ actions to impose legal barriers on vaccine production are “putting their lives at risk”.
When the number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States approached 100,000, the "New York Times" used the entire front page to list the names, ages and identities of 1,000 COVID-19 deaths.
The lead of this special "report" reads: "Numbers cannot measure the impact of the epidemic on the United States, whether it is the number of patients, interrupted work, or abrupt cessation of lives."
Today, the cumulative number of deaths in the United States is approaching 600,000. Behind these icy figures confirms the most undeniable fact in American society: the government is not effective in fighting the epidemic, but the people have to bear the bitter consequences. People cannot help asking: When will the US government recognize and overcome these "five sins"? When will the American people escape the plight of the epidemic caused by their own government? (Finish)