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US Media: US Strives to Avoid “Hard” Anti-epidemic Desire to Reduce Economic Losses
Reference News Network reported on November 9 that the US website “Wall Street Journal” published a report titled “Faced with the most severe rise in the new corona virus, the United States tries to avoid lockdowns” on November 7, stating that the rebound of the new epidemic of the crown caused some American cities Hezhou restored the restrictions to daily life, but the intensity was lighter than before, to minimize the economic losses caused by the total blockade. The full text is extracted as follows:
Specific new measures include: banning indoor services in bars and restaurants in Illinois, banning crowded and crowded indoor parties in Hoboken, New Jersey, and implementing new orders in Massachusetts and Maine that require people to wear masks in public places. , no matter how far away they are from other people.
Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Gina Raimundo said: “In the spring, we only issued strong documents: We closed all schools, closed all restaurants, closed everything. We don’t need to do this now.” She launched a series of new interventions from two weeks this week, from restricting the flow of large supermarket chains to asking people to go home by 10 p.m. on weekdays and 10:30 p.m. on weekends.
Almost every state in the United States has shown signs of a resurgence of the new corona virus. This week, the United States saw the first day of more than 100,000 new cases. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, on Thursday local time in 47 states, an average of 7 days of new cases of new coronary pneumonia exceeded the 14-day average, indicating that the rate is picking up. After the surge in new cases, the number of hospital admissions and deaths has also risen, and hospitals in the South and Midwest are also showing signs of stress.
Public policymakers, including Raimondo, don’t necessarily rule out the possibility of taking broader containment measures when the spread of the virus worsens, but they say that to avoid these stricter measures, they are first attempting smaller, specific measures.
After the temperature rises in spring and summer, pandemic fatigue caused many people to relax their vigilance and public health officials warned that the epidemic could intensify again as the temperature drops. The hospitalization rate in recent days has reached the highest point in three months.
Dr. Thomas Tsai, associate professor at Harvard University’s Chen Zengxi School of Public Health, said: “These shocking figures really show that we need to really step up and focus on public health responses.”
Dr Cai said government officials can take more specific action because they now know more about how the virus spreads and hospitals are better able to prepare for the surge in patients and treat illnesses.
