China News Service, Beijing, December 5th, title: Delta and Omi Keron strains are raging together, how to solve the US epidemic prevention problem?
Author Zhang Guo
As of the 3rd local time, at least 10 states in the United States have been infected with the Omi Kiron strain of the new crown virus.
American experts have warned that although the Omi Keron strain is circulating, it does not mean that we can underestimate the harm of the Delta strain.
It can be seen from this that the U.S. epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic work is facing more severe challenges.
Before the wave is not extinguished, the wave is born.
The United States announced the first confirmed case of Ome Keron on December 1.
However, only three or four days later, the strain has spread to 10 states.
This not only reminds the outside world of the need to keep a clear understanding of the powerful spread of the Omi Keron strain, but also means that the United States must abandon the ostrich policy as soon as possible and pay more attention to epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic work.
Reuters pointed out in a recent report that with the advent of winter, Americans are more willing to gather together for vacation, which will increase the possibility of the spread of the virus.
Ashish Jaha, Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, told the media that the surge in the number of newly confirmed cases may further increase the burden on American hospitals, because these hospitals have been struggling to deal with the extremely high number of patients. Workers are also tired for a long time, which puts a heavy burden on the hospital.
"I am very worried about the medical system's affordability in the next few weeks or even months. I don't know how long (they) will last." Ashish Jaha pointed out that some government forces should support medical care on the frontline of the epidemic as soon as possible. Workers.
U.S. officials ignore the importance of front-end epidemic prevention work, but almost put the burden of fighting the epidemic on hospitals and health workers. Obviously, this approach cannot cope with the emergence and spread of various mutant viruses.
Former Director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Scott Gottlieb, pointed out that states with higher vaccination rates may be better protected against the spread of Omi Keron strain, but unvaccinated people have been infected with Delta. Those who recover from the strain may find that their own immunity is not able to defend against the new variant virus.
Scott Gertlieb said frankly that the future risk is that countries that rely on a large number of delta strains to achieve immunity for their entire population may be more vulnerable to mutated viruses such as Omi Keron.
Obviously, if this idea comes true, the situation in the United States will become extremely complicated.
The Associated Press quoted a Phoenix doctor's statement on the 3rd, saying: "Phoenix has also been hit hard by the epidemic. Will we see a new round of confirmed cases surge? What impact will this have on our health system? "In Minnesota, where the number of new cases per capita ranks third, the Pentagon dispatched medical teams to two major local hospitals last month to ease the burden on doctors and nurses.
Timothy Johnson, president of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Emergency Physicians, said: "I can point out very clearly that the fourth wave has hit Minnesota more severely than any previous wave."
As we all know, epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic work is a whole chain, involving border control, vaccination, case screening, close tracking, drug treatment, and many other links, all of which are indispensable.
Especially when various mutant strains are rampant, the United States should promptly strengthen its efforts to prevent and fight the epidemic for the benefit of the people's livelihood.
After nearly two years of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Ome Keron virus has become uninhabited in the United States, shocking the outside world and feeling helpless at the same time.
If the current U.S. epidemic prevention measures are not effective in the face of Omi Keron, then it is the ordinary people who use their lives and health to "pay the bill" for these carelessness.
The United States should learn from its previous experience in fighting the epidemic and make adjustments based on actual conditions.
Otherwise, it is "there is no time for people to mourn for themselves, and later generations to mourn. Later generations mourn without learning it, and later generations will mourn again for future generations."
Even more frightening is, will Omi Keron really be the last mutant strain?
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