China News Service, Beijing, July 14 (Wen Tianxia) A few days ago, the US media Bloomberg announced a June "Global Anti-epidemic Ranking". The United States jumped from the 13th place in May to the first place.

In fact, the United States has long been ranked first in the world for the number of confirmed cases of new crown virus infection and the number of deaths. It is the country with the most severe epidemic in the world.

However, how did it change this time and become a "top student" in response to the new crown pandemic?

  The main reason is that Bloomberg made a "very subtle" adjustment to the June ranking measurement indicators.

The media said in the report that at present, confirmed cases of new crowns, deaths and the health system's response capacity are no longer the most important indicators, and the degree of reopening and normalcy has become "more important."

On May 17, local time, passengers entered the station at Union Square Subway Station in New York City, USA.

On the same day, the New York City subway system resumed 24-hour operation.

Affected by the new crown epidemic, in the past year, the New York City subway system ceased operations from 1 am to 5 am every day, and staff disinfected trains and stations.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan

  This ranking report specifically adds a "reopening process" measurement section, which includes four major indicators of vaccination progress, blockade severity, flight capacity, and travel routes covered by vaccination.

  These four major indicators are the current "strengths" of the United States: the vaccination rate in the United States has exceeded half; the blockade restrictions have been drastically reduced; the utilization rate of flight passengers is also picking up; international travel is gradually recovering.

  As a result, even though it is still the country with the largest cumulative number of confirmed and dead cases of the new crown in the world, the United States still relies on the blessing of hoarding vaccines and vaccination-related indicators to make a big stride to reach the top of the "Global Anti-epidemic Ranking" list.

  However, can such a list convince the international community?

  A discerning person can see that the selection criteria of this list are "trick and unique", just to match the "appetite" of the United States.

Data map: A rider wearing a mask rides on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, USA.

  First of all, from an overall point of view, among all 12 ranking indicators, the four indicators of the current status of the new crown epidemic in the United States are horrible: the number of deaths per million people from the new crown is as high as 1824, which is more than that of New Zealand, which ranks second. 1819 people; the positive test rate is as high as 2.4%, even surpassing the sum of the data of the second to fifth place; the two indicators of confirmed and death data in the past month are also in line with its "Global Anti-epidemic First" ranking , Very mismatched.

  Secondly, the aura of "the world's No. 1 anti-epidemic" has not only raised doubts, but has also put the United States' long-standing severe epidemic back under the spotlight.

The report shows the data of the single-month U.S. epidemic in June. There is no advantage at all. If we review the development of the U.S. epidemic situation since the new crown pandemic, it is not difficult to find that more than 33 million people have been diagnosed and 600,000 people have died. The huge number will be in sharp contrast with the "first place" in the Bloomberg report, and will make the latter's image shaky, and the conclusion is completely untenable.

  What's more, recently, the global new crown epidemic is facing a severe situation again.

WHO Director-General Tan Desai recently issued a warning that the Delta variant strain will soon become the leading new coronavirus in the global epidemic.

Delta strains have emerged in every state in the United States, and the number of new cases has recently been on the rise. The number of new cases has exceeded 20,000 for several consecutive days.

  However, this ranking regards the blockade and entry-exit and epidemic prevention management policies that are vital to controlling the epidemic as a negative factor.

In other words, the stricter the restrictions, the lower the country's score.

This kind of weird logic can't help making people laugh dumb. In this regard, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian pointed out that "this is neither in accordance with the facts, nor does it respect science, nor does it respect life."

  Experts are also worried that if the reopening process is accelerated regardless of the consequences, a large number of people may travel, which may lead to the spread of the mutant virus. The hat of the United States, which is the number one epidemic prevention and control in the United States, may immediately be blown away by the new wave of epidemic “gale”. Up.

Data map: The staff at the COVID-19 vaccination point at Yankee Stadium in New York welcomes citizens.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan

  On the other hand, in terms of the vaccination process, the current situation in the United States is also difficult to equate with the “world first”.

The most impressive thing to the outside world is that the Biden administration once set ambitious vaccination targets, but hurriedly hurryed. The United States failed to complete at least one dose of vaccine for 70% of adults before Independence Day on July 4. the goal.

  The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States clearly shows that as of July 13, local time, the country’s adult immunization rate for COVID-19 was 67.7%. It was "overtime" for half a month and the scheduled plan has not yet been completed.

  In fact, the US "New York Times" pointed out sharply that the current overall vaccination rate in the United States has slowed down significantly.

The Washington Post also stated that the current vaccination rate in the coastal areas of the United States is relatively high, while the vaccination rate in the Midwest and Southern regions is low. "White House officials are concerned that low levels of immunity in some states may cause new epidemics in the next few months." .

  The United States has always been considered the worst country for the new crown epidemic, but now it is suddenly rated as the "best place" under the epidemic.

If other countries learn the route of "American anti-epidemic", it is hard to imagine what the result will be.

  For such a ranking, we really can only "haha".

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