Senior Officials from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. USA: White House is slow to respond

Original title: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. USA: White House is slow to respond

(Combat New Coronary Pneumonia) Major Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US USA: White House is slow to respond

China News Service, Beijing, May 5. Complete news: There are currently more than 1.15 million people diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia in the United States, representing approximately a third of the total number of diagnoses in the world. Anne Shushat, deputy chief director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The US, told the Associated Press that the slow response from the US government. USA A imported cases in Europe has led to an accelerated spread of the new crown epidemic across the United States.

Shushat believes that limited detection capacity and the delay in introducing travel bans outside of China have caused the number of cases in the United States to increase sharply since late February. “After the outbreak in Europe, large numbers of tourists from Europe really accelerated the import and spread of the outbreak in China. I think we should implement a travel ban against Europe earlier.”

The analysis report published by Shusat et al on the official website of the US Centers for Disease Control. USA January 1 also noted that many factors have caused the new coronavirus to spread from February to March, including four factors: continuous entry of passengers, large gatherings, and lack of protection. Covert transmission and measures due to insufficient detection and asymptomatic infection .

This report, titled “Public Health Response to the Start and Spread of the New US Pandemic From February 24 to April 21, 2020,” reviews the development and response of the US epidemic. USA In the last period. The Associated Press reported that a series of events shows that the highest health agency in the United States missed an opportunity to delay the spread of the virus.

The report first indicated that the government did not issue a travel restriction order in a timely manner, resulting in a continued increase in imported cases abroad. During February, nearly 2 million passengers from Italy and other European countries entered the United States, while the epidemic in these areas spread quickly and rapidly, the United States government did not issue a travel ban to European countries. until March 11. Sequencing of the strains collected in the New York metropolitan area in March revealed that they were from Europe or other parts of the United States.

Second, the participation of people from different regions in large-scale meetings plays a prominent role in early communication. In February, the number of domestic cases reported by the United States was not large, and the outbreak seemed to be under control, so federal and local governments did not quickly recommend restrictions on aggregation. In the last week of February, several large-scale gathering activities further spread the epidemic.

Third, the lack of protection measures has caused the virus to spread after being introduced in some high-risk places, such as long-term care institutions, hospitals, and densely populated areas, such as the New York metropolitan area. It was not until April 3 that the US Centers for Disease Control. USA They issued guidelines that required wearing cloth masks in public places to reduce transmission.

Finally, the New Crown epidemic and the flu season of the United States overlap. In the early stages of the epidemic, respiratory disease surveillance systems in the United States have not identified different incidence trends. Furthermore, the limited scale of evidence in the United States was unable to detect all cases, and the presence of asymptomatic infections also made it more difficult to detect and control the epidemic.

The report states that identifying these factors that accelerate the spread of the epidemic in the United States will help inform future decisions. Although this report does not directly point out the mistakes of the White House, the four main factors cited are related to errors in decision-making by the United States government. The Associated Press quoted experts who said that while the report was carefully written, it was clearly different from the White House.

The Associated Press reported that the US Centers for Disease Control. USA They are responsible for the identification, monitoring and prevention of diseases. However, during the new crown pandemic, the agency has always been relatively “low-key”, and the White House has led communication with the outside world and has hosted most press conferences. Jason Schwartz, an expert at the Yale School of Public Health, believes that the CDC’s public presence has declined so severely that it has become the most puzzling thing in the federal government’s response to the outbreaks.

In addition, the White House also prevented the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fudge, from attending a hearing on the government’s response to the new coronary pneumonia epidemic scheduled for June 6. White House Deputy Press Secretary Judd Deere said on November 1 that the Trump administration continues its comprehensive response to the new crown epidemic, including reopening the United States and accelerating vaccine development. .

Fuch is a well-known American epidemiologist and key member of the White House Coronavirus Response Task Force. At the White House Epidemic Press Conference, he made several epidemic prevention suggestions to the public and often publicly “corrected” President Trump’s comments. The Los Angeles Times ran an article saying that Fuch was the person who needed the truth of the epidemic. Democratic Rep. Don Bayer voiced criticism on social media, “Blocking Fawchi’s testimony is a sure sign of the Trump administration’s response (weakness).”

The ineffectiveness of the US federal government. USA Against the epidemic has also caused dissatisfaction among the governors of various states. Illinois Governor Pritzker said in an interview on Day 3 that the White House provided little help. “We got useful guidance from CDC, but most of the experience provided by the White House over several weeks is useless. We need the White House to pass the National Defense Production Act to help us obtain swabs and viruses.” Transport media and reagents, but basically not. I hope the White House takes action as soon as possible. “He also revealed that states have to compete with each other for medical supplies. (End)Back to Sohu, see more