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Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 10(International observation) New coronary cases break ten million, American society is deeply torn apart
Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Si
The cumulative number of confirmed cases of the new crown exceeds 10 million. On November 9, the United States found another cold fact. The epidemic continues to spread and there are no signs of slowing down.
The raging epidemic of the new crown is intertwined with multiple crises such as the economic recession, high unemployment rate, and prominent ethnic conflicts, deepening the tear in American society.
Accelerated spread of the epidemic
As described by the American media, the new corona virus can already be found in every community in the United States. It does not distinguish between the blue states that support the Democratic Party and the red states that support the Republican Party, nor does it distinguish between urban and rural areas, from small farms to wealthy suburbs, from remote towns to affluent cities. city……
The Atlantic Monthly website anxiously commented, “America is sleepwalking in and may be the biggest outbreak yet.”
During the general election, the number of mass gatherings in many areas such as Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Indiana increased dramatically, increasing the risk of spreading the virus. American infectious disease experts suspect that these meetings may have caused the “super spread” of the virus. British Reuters reported that Stanford University economists analyzed data after 18 campaign rallies held from June to September and concluded that these campaign rallies have resulted in at least 30,000 cases of new corona infection and may have caused more than 700 deaths. .
Data shows that since mid-September, the number of newly diagnosed cases and hospitalizations in the United States has increased significantly each day. The spread of the epidemic is still accelerating. The cumulative number of confirmed cases took 6 days to go from 9 million to 9.5 million and was shortened to 4 days for the increase from 9.5 million to 10 million. In the week before General Election Day, one in 1,000 Americans tested positive for the new coronavirus, and two in 100,000 Americans died from the new coronavirus.
American disease experts noted that strict contact tracing for large-scale gatherings can help accurately predict the spread of the virus at such gatherings, but the United States lags behind some countries in this regard, not only because of insufficient of funds, but also because the government is tracing the contacts. Lack of coordination on the part of people.
“The problem is that we did nothing to obtain accurate data. Our country’s performance is as if there was nothing called contact tracing.” Eric Topol, Director of the Scripps Institute for Translational Sciences Say.
Eleanor Murray, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Boston University, said the federal government’s response to the epidemic was fragmented and did not take coordinated top-down actions, instead leaving the responsibility to the states.
Strong social polarization
“Wear a mask one more year? What will this bring us? Ruin the country!” “It is not necessary to wear a mask, because the numbers of the epidemic are not as serious as the media said” … This is CNN I got some answers when interviewing Republican voters who participated in a campaign rally in Michigan in September. On the other hand, statistics show that more than 90% of Democrats often wear masks, and the vast majority of voters who participate in Democratic Party activities also wear masks.
The subject of masks alone has caused ongoing controversy in the United States. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the United States, lamented in an interview with the American media that the United States has fallen into a serious division, which makes it difficult for the clear and consistent transmission of epidemic information. Although experts have always made prevention and control recommendations from a public health and safety perspective, including the use of masks, people view the use of masks as a political position rather than a public health problem. “This is very unfortunate.”
Rene Ellsbury is a registered social worker in a mental health service. She said: “When we saw the polarization in the political process, we ignored public health and social justice in the United States … Those important issues have turned to choose a side, red or blue.”
“If the medical crisis and the political crisis in this country were once separate, then they are no longer,” said The Atlantic.
Related links:
Xinhua International Review: Tens of Millions Have Been Diagnosed, US Calls for Life to Fight Epidemic
News Analysis: New US Crown Cases Top Tens of Millions, Epidemic in “Worst” Stage
