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Original title: The death toll from the epidemic in the US exceeds 250,000. US Media: People are dying, but little change in the country
[Lin Ritao, reportero de Global Times, casa corta, Aoki, Chen Kang y Liu Yupeng]On the 18th local time, the new corona pneumonia epidemic in the United States passed another serious “milestone”: More than 250,000 people died from the new corona pneumonia. This number has surpassed the number of experts from the White House New Crown Epidemic Response Team who predicted in March this year that 240,000 people will eventually die from the epidemic in the United States during the entire epidemic. However, the new death toll is not the end of the US epidemic.According to the New York Times, as the number of confirmed cases nationwide rises, the number of deaths is expected to continue to rise dramatically. . There were more than 1,900 new deaths in a single day in the United States on the 18th. Medical experts estimate that there will soon be 3,000 deaths in the United States each day, and more than 100,000 more will die before the inauguration ceremony of the new president on January 20 of next year. Although the epidemic continues to worsen, the Trump administration remains obsessed with political battles and allegations of voter fraud. White House press secretary McNerney even accused some states of restricting family gatherings in “inhuman” isolation measures. The “Washington Post” published an article in the website headline on the 19th, saying that since the pandemic, some public health officials and politicians in the United States hoped that the terrible lethality of the new coronavirus could unite the country to combat the spread of the virus, but across the country Deep political and cultural divisions have led the United States down a different path. According to the report, “250,000 people are now dying from the new corona epidemic: people are dying, but (the country) has changed very little.”
Another “terrifying milestone”
Johns Hopkins University’s real-time epidemic statistics show that at 8:00 p.m. Beijing time on the 19, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States has reached 11,530,345 and the cumulative number of deaths is 250,548. The Wall Street Journal stated that with the emergence of the third wave of the new corona epidemic, the United States has added 50,000 new deaths in the last 60 days. In the past six weeks, the number of new confirmed cases in the United States has risen from about 40,000 a day to more than 150,000 a day. The number of deaths per day has also increased steadily during the same period. The number of deaths per day has remained above 1,000 in the last week.
According to CNN, the new coronavirus kills nearly one American every minute, bringing the death toll in the United States to another “terrifying milestone” on Wednesday. Jonathan, a professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, believes the situation will only get worse in the future. “The staggering death toll that we are seeing now reflects that a large number of people were infected 3 weeks ago, when we only had about 70,000 new cases every day, and now we have more than 150,000 new confirmed cases every day. Therefore If you’re surprised by today’s death cases, we’ll see 3,000 deaths every day 2-3 weeks from now. “
According to “New York Times” statistics, on November 18, the United States reported at least 1,923 deaths from new coronary pneumonia and 172,391 new confirmed cases. In the past week, there was an average of 162,816 new confirmed cases each day, a 77% increase from the average two weeks ago. Experts predict that between 100,000 and 200,000 Americans will die in the coming months.
“US Hospitals Are Overwhelmed by New Coronary Pneumonia Patients,” a headline report on the Associated Press website on the 19th said that what is most concerning is that conditions within US hospitals are getting worse every day. In the past month, the number of hospitalized new coronary pneumonia cases in the United States has doubled and is hitting a new record every day. There are currently 77,000 hospitalized cases. The overwhelmed hospital had to convert its worship rooms, restaurants, waiting rooms, hallways, and even parking lots into treatment areas.
As the epidemic worsened, all states began to tighten prevention and control measures. Arkansas Governor Hutchinson said that at the current rate of development of the epidemic in the state, “between now and Christmas, 1,000 Arkansas may die from the new crown.” Texas sent two mobile vehicles to Amarillo. Refrigerate trucks to handle the dead. Chicago began implementing stay-at-home orders and officials also urged residents not to entertain at home, cancel Thanksgiving celebrations and avoid travel. The Governor of Oregon announced that family gatherings cannot exceed 6 people. New York City schools have closed again since 19 because the city’s test infection rate exceeded 3%. Illinois, Ohio, Maryland and other states have announced or enforced curfews. Maryland Governor Hogan said: “We are at war now … the virus is winning. I pray to our citizens to fight the epidemic more than ever.”
Biden can’t get information about the epidemic
The Trump administration doesn’t care about the worsening epidemic. Since the election, Trump has been obsessed with allegations of election fraud and has vigorously prevented the government from cooperating with Biden’s team. On the 18th, Trump again intensely accused him of “election fraud.” Between 9 am and 1 pm, Trump sent a total of 11 tweets, declaring that “I won the election” and that “electoral fraud exists throughout the country. However, 9 of Trump’s 11 tweets were labeled “allegedly in dispute” by the Twitter platform.
On the same day, Trump’s team requested a recount of votes in two Wisconsin counties and paid $ 3 million for it. According to the Associated Press, Wisconsin Milwaukee and Dane counties can begin ticket inspection as early as December 19 and will be completed by December 1. Biden won 577,455 votes in these two counties, while Trump has only 213,157 votes. The Associated Press declared that Trump’s hopes of trying to stay in power are growing slimmer. Georgia, where the Trump camp previously requested a recount, is close to completing the recount. Georgia election officials said on the 18th that the results to be announced are unlikely to change the 14,000 votes Biden won in the state and will provide no evidence of Trump’s unfounded fraud allegations.
On the 18th, Biden had an online communication with medical personnel on the front lines of the epidemic. Turner, director of the Minnesota Nurses Association, told Biden about the plight of medical staff: Due to the long-term lack of personal protective equipment, many nurses had to reuse the unique N95 masks. Biden used to tearfully say that his team currently does not have the inventory of personal protective equipment due to the Trump administration’s refusal to transfer power. He promised to use the National Defense Authorization Law to promote the production and distribution of personal protective equipment and other medical equipment after taking office.
Biden also named Murphy, the director of the General Services Administration (GSA), who has not confirmed the winner of the general election thus far, preventing his team from getting “any information on prevention of the epidemic.” If this situation continues, then advancing America’s fight against the epidemic may be possible. Delayed several months.
“Biden won, but America is still Trump’s America”
With regard to the American epidemic, the Trump administration has always pinned its hopes on the “miracle” of various drugs or vaccines. US Secretary of Health and Human Services Aza told a news conference on the 18th that the new corona vaccine developed by Pfizer and Modena could be approved and distributed in the United States in a few weeks. However, Ryan, executive director of the WHO Health Emergencies Program, said at a press conference in Geneva that day, “the vaccine should not be considered some kind of magic,” “for at least 4 to 6 months, we cannot wait long enough to achieve a high enough level of epidemic prevention. “
Azar also stated on the 18th that until the GSA confirms Biden as president-elect, health department staff will not cooperate with Biden’s transition team.
In an interview with Fox Television on the 18th, White House press secretary McNerney boasted that Trump will “control the new crown epidemic during his second term” on the one hand, while accusing some states of restricting the number of family reunions and other epidemic prevention policies such as “inhumane”. She said, “The American people know how to protect their health … Americans will not lose their freedom.”
In an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on the 18th, Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that the United States is “at an extremely dangerous time and has chosen the wrong direction.” Once again, Fauci urged people to wear masks, maintain social distancing and reduce gatherings: “Now Americans are suffering from fatigue for the new crown and are tired of epidemic prevention measures, but the measures above are still effective. “
At a time when the country is in deep chaos, Reuters reported on the 19th that Trump plans to participate in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) video summit on the 20th. This will be Trump’s first APEC summit since 2017. At last weekend’s series of ASEAN summits, the United States reportedly sent only the White House Assistant for National Security Affairs O’Brien to the meeting, who was criticized by other countries for his low level. And during the summit, 15 countries, including China, signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP). The American Chamber of Commerce and many businesses have expressed concern that the United States will be excluded from the world’s fastest-growing largest free trade zone. Reuters also said that US diplomats revealed that Trump has no plans yet to host the G7 summit.
“Yes, Biden won, but America is still Trump’s America,” the German “Mercury News” said on the 19th that Trump lost the US election, but the outgoing president is not able to disappear from the United States. Trump left many political legacies, such as the worsening of the epidemic, political division, economic recession, racial hatred, etc. According to Der Spiegel, Biden’s difficulty lies in internal issues compared to diplomacy. At least 70 million American voters still believe in Trump. The division in the United States is like a broken glass and it is difficult to restore it to its original state. To change America, Biden still faces many insurmountable obstacles.
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