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The number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States has exceeded 16 million, and the spread of the epidemic in the United States is still accelerating. Local medical institutions are under great pressure. Some members of the medical staff nearly collapsed when interviewed by the US media, begging the American people to follow prevention and control recommendations, such as wearing masks.
According to CNN, it took about 8 and a half months for the cumulative number of cases in the United States to reach the first 8 million, and it took less than two months for the second 8 million. From 15 million to 16 million, it only took 4 days. The impact of large numbers of people traveling regardless of the epidemic during the traditional American holiday in November is gradually showing.
On the 12th, the number of new deaths in a single day in the United States surpassed 3,000 for the second day in a row. In the past week, the average number of new cases in a single day in the United States was more than 210,000. The number of confirmed patients in more than 85% of hospitals in the United States has increased significantly.
In an unusually severe epidemic, American media reports said that nearly every hospital in the United States has been affected by the surge in confirmed cases and are overloaded. However, many people in the United States are still suspicious of the epidemic and do not wear masks. In this regard, some members of the American medical staff even asked the public to take preventive and control measures.
Shirley Xie, a physician at Hennepin Medical Center in Minnesota:As doctors, we have been trained to help others, but now we feel truly powerless. I can’t talk to patients without wearing a mask. I can’t touch them without gloves. You know they won’t see our faces until they die. If we don’t have enough staff to receive patients, we can’t find others to help us. If we don’t wear masks or no longer maintain social distancing, we will eventually lose more people.
US Media: White House Pressure Vaccine Approved “Quickly”
According to American media reports, in the face of the new extremely severe corona pneumonia epidemic in the United States, the United States government placed its hopes on vaccines, and strong political pressure on the United States Food and Drug Administration United led to the rapid approval of related vaccines on the 11th.
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According to CNN, a source revealed that White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows called the director of the US Food and Drug Administration, Stephen Hahn, on Friday the 11th, saying that if the vaccine had not been passed that day, Hahn will likely have to resign.
Another person familiar with the matter also confirmed that the White House did require approval of the emergency use of the vaccine before the end of the 11th. The report also said that US President Trump recently lost patience with the Administration. Food and Drug Administration and criticized the agency on the 11th for being a “slow old turtle.”
On the 11th, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the emergency use authorization request for the new corona vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. and the German biotechnology company. Hahn stated that the decision to issue an emergency use authorization was made after an open and transparent review process for the vaccine. He denied that it was political pressure that led to the decision to urgently authorize the use of vaccines faster than usual, and that he was threatened with resignation.
However, the CNN report said that public health experts in the United States have been concerned about undue pressure from the White House on the authorization process for the use of vaccines.
