Chairman of The Lancet New Crown Committee: China has done a very good job in fighting the new crown epidemic
On September 5, the international medical journal "The Lancet", the chairman of the New Crown Committee and the American economist Jeffrey Sachs, said in an exclusive interview with the Malaysian "The Star" that China is fighting The new crown epidemic has done a great job, and the world could and should be able to learn more from China’s response.
He also called on the United States to cooperate well with China instead of trying to force China to do things according to the wishes of the United States.
Screenshot of The Star Report
In the interview, Sachs first stated that the COVID-19 pandemic is mainly caused by the following factors: In terms of fighting the epidemic, regional and global coordination has not been fully considered, and the global financial system also "prefers" rich countries, which is very important for development. There is too little support from China.
He said that the global response to the epidemic is completely inadequate, and one of the main problems may also be the failure of the United States to cooperate with China on global solutions.
"This is very sad because China has done a very good job in preventing the epidemic. Countries around the world could and should have learned a lot from China's response."
Sachs also mentioned that rich countries did not generously share their knowledge, especially on vaccines.
He urged all countries to make greater efforts to coordinate the response to the global epidemic.
"We should invest more resources in epidemiology, disease surveillance, disease prevention and disease treatment."
In addition, he "named" the United States, claiming that American social culture puts individuals above social welfare.
In the name of "freedom", no one abides by the basic (epidemic prevention) rules. This is one of the reasons why the new crown epidemic in the United States has not been effectively controlled.
He said, "The United States should learn some good etiquette for cooperation with China, instead of trying to impose its will on China."
Data map Jeffrey Sachs map from the Asian Development Bank website
When talking about the issue of vaccination, he said, “Although we know that vaccination does not completely stop the spread of the virus, it can help prevent severe illness. Therefore, countries need to combine vaccination with strong control policies (maintain social distancing, Measures such as preventing the emergence of super-spreaders, wearing masks, large-scale nucleic acid testing, and screening of close contacts) are combined."
He also believes that although access to vaccines is still a problem faced by many developing countries, the hoarding of vaccines by some powerful developed countries is "very real."
(very real).
These countries have failed to propose plans to increase vaccine production and support developing countries. This is not only very disappointing, but also a moral failure.
(moral failure), will cause more people to die because of the new crown.
Sachs also said that in most parts of the world, when the first dose of vaccine is not even planned, it would be unwise and unfair to inject the third dose.
In addition, Sachs also pointed out that there are still infectious diseases in the world such as malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS that have not been properly controlled.
He called on the world to invest more resources in epidemiology, disease surveillance, prevention and treatment, and to provide funding for developing countries to deal with disease problems.
On June 23, China’s aid to Papua New Guinea’s new crown vaccine arrived in the country. The picture is from the website of the Chinese Embassy in Papua New Guinea.
Previously, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi stated at the first meeting of the International Forum on New Coronary Vaccine Cooperation on the evening of August 5 that vaccines are of vital importance in the battle between humans and viruses. A country and everyone has truly become the vaccine for the people.
According to CCTV News on September 3, at the ceremony for the delivery of a new round of COVID-19 vaccine and anti-epidemic supplies from the Chinese government to Myanmar, Deng Boqing, deputy director of the National Agency for International Development Cooperation, stated that China has already provided and is currently providing assistance to 105 countries and 4 countries. International organizations provided vaccine assistance and exported vaccines to more than 60 countries, with a total of 990 million doses, ranking first in the world.