Behind the shame figure is a naked disregard for people's lives

　　The number of deaths from the new crown in the United States this year has exceeded the total of last year

　　□ Wang Yi

　　According to US media reports, the number of deaths from the new crown pneumonia epidemic in the United States in 2021 has exceeded the total number of deaths in 2020.

The defeat of the United States in the fight against the epidemic shows that it is not only a low vaccination rate and serious partisanship, but also a stark disregard for the lives of the American people.

　　New coronary pneumonia cases surge

　　According to a report by Fox News on November 23, the number of deaths from the new crown in the United States in 2021 has exceeded the total in 2020.

　　According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), since the beginning of the epidemic, so far, a total of 771,576 people have died from the new crown virus in the United States.

Since January 1 this year, 386,233 people have died from the new crown virus, and last year, 385,343 people died from the new crown virus.

This means that the number of deaths from the new crown in the United States in 2021 has exceeded the number of deaths from the new crown in 2020.

　　It is worth noting that every day now, about 1,000 Americans still lose their lives due to the epidemic.

American medical experts predict that by March 2022, the cumulative number of deaths from the new crown in the United States may reach 863,000, and the worst possibility is that nearly 2 million Americans will die from the epidemic.

　　CDC data shows that the average number of new cases per day in the United States last week exceeded 85,000, an increase of 14% from a week ago.

Previously, the rebound of the epidemic in Europe has caused concerns in the United States. Some doctors and researchers have predicted that the United States will also experience a similarly disturbing surge in cases.

　　Peter Hotz, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, said: “I have always predicted that there will be a very bad wave of epidemics again in the winter. Get vaccinated.” Currently, only 58.9% of Americans are fully vaccinated.

　　According to a report by the US "Capitol Hill" on November 20, former US Department of Health Director Jerome Adams predicted that in the next few weeks, due to the gathering of Americans for the holidays, the winter surge of new coronary pneumonia cases is almost inevitable, and the key lies in the severity. .

He believes that the American people are somewhat optimistic about the current situation of the epidemic and warned people to strengthen epidemic prevention during the holidays.

　　"People can still be infected with the new crown, and breakthrough infections are possible." Johns Hopkins University scientist Huber Limayer said that if people are vaccinated, the possibility of hospitalization or serious infection will be greatly increased. reduce.

　　The trust of the people is gone

　　Recently, many medical experts in the United States have bluntly stated that the control of the epidemic in the United States is “very bad”.

　　They generally believe that if appropriate measures are not taken immediately, the United States will "run into trouble" this winter.

　　The New York Times also warned that “if the U.S. government does not change its anti-epidemic strategy, it is equivalent to holding a ticket for the Titanic.” “At that time, people will not only face the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans, but also the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans. There is a divided country, and a world surrounded by death and suffering that even privileged people cannot avoid."

　　In its comments on November 18, the "New York Times" gave the US government a failing score for its anti-epidemic performance over the past two years.

The commentary stated that people thought that the United States was fully capable of dealing with this epidemic.

"After all, the United States not only has one of the world's most recognized public health institutions, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but also many world-leading pharmaceutical companies and research institutions." "But the United States' performance is so poor." The article believes that this is profound. It shows how incompetent the major institutions of the United States are, and their systems are also facing a certain degree of failure.

　　The review article sorted out the various failures of the U.S. government in fighting the epidemic: At the beginning of the epidemic, U.S. agencies did not develop test agents in time to grasp the spread of the virus in the United States; the CDC did not recommend people to wear masks until April 2020; supervision Institutions have failed to provide people with necessary testing tools; the dysfunction of the medical system and partisan disputes have led to increased politicization of the vaccine issue in the United States.

　　According to data from Johns Hopkins University, 70 million people in the United States who are eligible for vaccination still refuse to be vaccinated.

Many American doctors found that almost all patients infected with the new crown virus at the peak of the US epidemic had not been vaccinated, and their reasons for refusing to be vaccinated were also staggering.

A doctor mentioned that some patients claimed that "the vaccine contains chips."

Medical staff expressed that they were tired of dealing with all kinds of false news, and pointed out that under the misleading of false news, many people would refuse to vaccinate.

All these indicate that "the American people's trust in the American government has gone bankrupt."

　　Such "judgment" is extremely ridiculous

　　The World Health Organization called Omi Keron a "mutant of concern."

Despite many uncertainties, the global risk it brings is "very high."

　　On November 29, local time, US President Biden stated that the best preventive measures for this new variant strain are to get the new crown vaccine as soon as possible, inject booster shots, and insist on wearing masks and other epidemic prevention measures.

　　Biden said that if necessary, the United States will formulate a new vaccine or booster injection plan to accelerate the development and deployment of vaccines against the Omi Keron strain.

　　However, some Republican lawmakers said they were “not too worried” about the Omi Keron mutant.

The Republican Congressman Ronnie Jackson issued a message suggesting that the Omi Keron variant may be part of the Democratic conspiracy.

In a recent tweet, he referred to the Omi Keron variant as a "mid-term election variant," implying that the variant was part of the Democratic Party's "cheating in the election" conspiracy.

Republican Senator Ted Cruise also retweeted Ronnie Jackson's tweet, calling it an "accurate judgment."

　　Such a "judgment" once again puts the struggle between the two parties above the lives of the people, how ridiculous and unfortunate.