Beijing BEIJING, September 22 electrical

problem: People are dying, the United States changed how many?

　　Author: Chen Xiang

　　The number of deaths from the new crown in the United States exceeds that of the flu pandemic a hundred years ago-titles like this have been swiped on Chinese and foreign websites these days, once again revealing the cruel and tragic reenactment of death to the public.

　　As of September 20, local time, the number of deaths due to the new crown virus in the United States has reached 676,000, more than a century ago from the "Spanish flu" death toll.

According to estimates, the Spanish flu, which broke out from 1918 to 1919, caused 50 million deaths worldwide and 675,000 deaths in the United States.

　　On the timeline of the development of the US epidemic, such a focused time scale is not the first, and it may not be the last.

　　On February 29, 2020, the United States officially reported its first death from new coronary pneumonia.

　　At the end of March 2020, the total number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in the United States reached more than 3,000, surpassing the 2977 deaths in the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001.

　　At the end of April 2020, the number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in the United States soared to 58,300, which officially surpassed the number of deaths by American troops in the Vietnam War.

According to the National Archives of the United States, 58220 Americans were killed in the 20-year Vietnam War.

　　In mid-December 2020, the number of deaths from the new crown in the United States approached 300,000, surpassing the number of Americans killed during World War II.

World War II is considered to be the bloodiest war in human history, with approximately 290,000 people killed in the United States.

　　In late February 2021, the total number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in the United States exceeded 500,000.

The New York Times pointed out that this is more than the total number of deaths among Americans in World War I, World War II, and Vietnam War combined.

　　Up to now, there are 676,000 cases, and the total number of deaths from the new crown in the United States has once again "topped", which is equal to the casualties of an epidemic in the "ancient period".

　　Whether it’s a war or a pandemic a hundred years ago, these "historical references" were compared by the media. They not only used to uncover the "American nightmare" to alert the American society to the plight of the epidemic, but also included the "epidemic" in the United States. Torture of "Myth":

　　In today's more and more modern and more civilized today, why does this powerful country have inexhaustible humanitarian tragedies that surpass the past?

　　To what extent can the loss of these lives be avoided with the strength of the United States, the resources it can mobilize, and the tactics and strategies it can choose from?

　　Ali Muqdad, an epidemiologist at the University of Washington, once pointed out, “Our children and grandchildren will look back at us and blame us for the biggest failure of the world’s richest country in the face of an epidemic.”

　　At the tactical level, are the US anti-epidemic measures enough?

　　"The Atlantic Monthly" published an article that the communication, information release, and power checks and balances between the White House and various federal agencies are not coordinated, causing the Delta virus to "capture" the United States.

Stephen Kissler, an infectious disease expert at the Harvard School of Public Health, pointed out that when responding to the new crown epidemic, Americans repeated many mistakes they had made in 1918.

Some of the experiences and lessons of the year include: Don't lift the epidemic prevention measures too early, and don't have the wrong impression that young people or healthy people are not susceptible to infection.

The "mask tug-of-war" in American society since the epidemic is sufficient to illustrate "tactical failure."

　　At the strategic level, is the US anti-epidemic direction right?

　　Most countries fight the epidemic by fighting the virus, but the United States is fighting the epidemic by pointing its sword at China.

Politicizing the source of the virus, suppressing scientists from various countries who tell the truth, discrediting China's vaccines... these actions that deviate from the true bullseye not only waste domestic efforts to fight the epidemic, but also repeatedly undermine the global fight against the epidemic.

In a recent interview with the US economist Jeffrey Sachs, Chairman of the New Crown Committee of The Lancet magazine, he pointed out that the United States can only overcome the epidemic through good cooperation with China, rather than trying to force China to do things according to the wishes of the United States.

China has done a very good job in fighting the epidemic, and the world could and should have learned more from China’s response.

　　Recently, more than 600,000 white flags were erected on the National Mall in Washington, USA to commemorate the deceased of the new crown.

The exhibition is titled "In America: Remember".

　　Remember it is for better change and for more people to live.

Now that people are dying, how much has changed in the United States?

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