American elites still don’t understand the new crown: epidemic prevention measures are chaotic and health guidelines are full of loopholes

Original title: American elites still don’t understand the new crown: epidemic prevention measures are chaotic and health guidelines are full of loopholes

Reference News Network reported on December 13On December 10, the American monthly magazine “Atlantic” published an article entitled “Today, American elites still cannot understand new coronary pneumonia”, the full text is as follows:

Since the outbreak of the new corona epidemic, the United States has been drowned in an avalanche of misinformation. However, not only Trump, state Republican leaders and thousands of people deny the existence of COVID-19 those who declare war on science. Ignorance of the virus on the part of the United States has even crossed partisan differences.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis boasted of the state’s excellent performance in fighting the epidemic and mocked those who were concerned about the epidemic. As a result, a few weeks later, Florida became one of the areas most seriously affected in the United States. “Crimson” (supporting the GOP note on this website) North Dakota also refused to take action against the epidemic, such as wearing masks, and then experienced a more serious outbreak.

However, even the “blue zone” (which supports Bennet’s memo from the Democratic Party) is full of nonsense; it is true that nonsense is more likely to lead to mass chaos than mass infection. A new law in Los Angeles prohibits walking on the beach and shopping centers remain open. A Philadelphia law prohibits citizens from drinking beer outdoors, but state law allows people to drink and eat in indoor bars and restaurants. In New York, bars, restaurants, and gyms must close at 10 p.m., as if the new corona virus strictly follows vampire hours. In the ninth month of the COVID-19 outbreak, the public health response in the United States was as confused as ever.

The creators of these regulations seem to have no clear understanding of what COVID-19 is. This spring, a study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that continuous hours of close conversation, laughter, and singing are the perfect conditions to create a “super spreader.”

The epidemiological evidence for COVID-19 is not complicated, and it is not difficult to formulate a reasonable national strategy to help us this winter. Adopting a straightforward, rules-based, and well-founded response is treating citizens as people of normal intelligence who care about public health. In fact, the government has made many bad regulations and the reasons given are equally bad or none at all.

The federal government’s health guidelines are absent or full of gaps. Due to a lack of federal leadership, many large cities restrict outdoor gatherings (although the risk of infection among adults and children who are outdoors is very low), but allow indoor activities with an increased risk of infection. This is exactly the situation we are faced with today: wavering between extremely strict policies and extremely flexible policies.

To be fair, it’s not just the American elite that are in chaos. However, the incompetence of some people cannot be an excuse for the incompetence of all. The people of the Middle Ages did not know the principles of most diseases, so they used feces to suck blood, worms to eat the skin, and many spells to fight disease. His behavior is understandable. But 500 years later, humanity has undergone several scientific and technological revolutions, discovered a wealth of medical facts, developed more than a dozen vaccines, and even suffered a 9-month plague in the 21st century, and many American leaders they still use it. Bloodshed legal therapy, the formulation of laws and regulations lacking scientific basis and reasonable explanation, put the people they had promised to protect in a miserable situation.Return to Sohu to see more