Why does the "world's largest country that failed to fight the epidemic" make mistakes again and again?
According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, the current number of new crown infections in the United States is close to 80 million, and the number of deaths from new crowns is close to 1 million. The deletion of 15.6 billion US dollars in epidemic prevention funds shows that partisanship and polarization are dragging the American people into a more dangerous situation, and also exacerbating the vicious circle of social ills.
Looking back on the two-year history of the United States' fight against the epidemic, it has always been kidnapped by politics. More than a month ago, the U.S. Government Accountability Office issued a report, pointing out that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services failed to play its due role in responding to the epidemic, and that it also had "persistent deficiencies", including failure to clarify federal, state and The prevention and control roles and responsibilities of regions, etc., failure to properly collect and analyze epidemic data, lack of transparency in work, and lack of communication and communication with the public. Now, the warning doesn't work.
In fact, from the mandatory vaccination to the allocation of epidemic prevention funds, almost every decision on epidemic prevention and control is fraught with political struggles. Just recently, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the vaccine mandate cannot be implemented, setting back the White House policy. The US "Capitol Hill" commented that the constitutional structure of the United States makes it "impossible" to control the epidemic. At this time, political struggle is not only ineffective against the epidemic, but also immoral.
Under the "political anti-epidemic", the inherent social ills of the United States are intensifying. At present, the new crown epidemic data remains high in the United States, but American society is somewhat numb to it. Some analysts believe that part of the reason is that the mortality rate of African Americans, Hispanics and Aboriginal people is much higher than that of white people, and these groups have not been valued by society. The deep-rooted racism in the United States is evident.
To this day, the anti-racism "Black Lives Matter" movement launched during the epidemic has failed to make any progress in reducing police violence. And some politicians in the United States "shake the blame" for the epidemic, which has contributed to the racial discrimination against Asians in American society. According to a recent report released by the American anti-discrimination organization Stop Hate of Asian-Pacific Americans, from March 19, 2020 to the end of December 2021, there were 10,905 anti-Asian hate incidents in the United States.
Under the epidemic, the loss of sense of gain, happiness and security of ordinary people in the United States is everywhere: inflation is rising, and the gap between the rich and the poor is getting worse. On the one hand, the people at the bottom are worried about food and drink, and on the other hand, the super-rich are enjoying double their wealth.
The failure of the United States to respond to the epidemic has made its disregard for human rights vividly displayed, causing concern in the world. At the 49th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which is being held in Geneva, Switzerland, representatives of participating countries expressed their high concern about the human rights situation such as police violence and violations of children's rights in the United States. Ambassador Chen Xu, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations in Geneva, pointed out that a happy life for the people is the greatest human right. American politicians should really use this sentence to compare their actions.
The worse situation is probably yet to come. According to a recent report by the US Consumer News and Business Channel website, more than 20 scientists, doctors and public health experts issued a report pointing out that the United States is still a long way from returning to normal life. Pessimistically, between now and March 2023, as many as 264,000 Americans may die from the new crown if a new variant emerges that infects 80% of Americans and kills 0.1% of those infected.
When Pelosi lightly used "Ukrainians are dying" in response to a reporter's question about the removal of funds for epidemic prevention, she should have listened to the reporter's response: "(Americans) are also dying from the new crown." Those who carry political self-interest, American politicians who are obsessed with partisanship and disregard the human rights of the people are making the United States make mistakes again and again on the road of failing to fight the epidemic.
