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Original title: In a single day, more than 200,000 new people reached a new record. What does the United States face under the epidemic?
According to the latest statistics from Agence France-Presse, the United States has added more than 200,000 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, a record. And just yesterday, the United States became the first country in the world to have more than 10 million confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia.
Screenshot of AFP TwitterThe United States has become the country with the most confirmed cases in the world
On January 21 of this year, the United States announced its first confirmed case. Two months later, on March 26, the United States became the country with the most confirmed cases in the world.
However, the increasingly serious epidemic has not received the correct recognition and attention from the United States government. Contrary to this, US President Trump announced on April 14 that he would “cut confessions” from the WHO. What followed was that the people, led by some politicians and the media, opposed the “order of the masks”, the “order of the home” and the “order to close the city”.
Since then, a series of events have promoted the spread of the epidemic throughout the United States. This includes both protests and riots caused by the death of an African American man caused by violent law enforcement by a white police officer, as well as the forced resumption of work and school by the US government. As well as the continuing US election demonstrations some time ago.
According to media reports, the US epidemic has recently recovered badly, and important indicators such as the number of recently confirmed cases, the number of hospitalized cases, and the positive rate of virus tests continue to set new records. . The increase in new cases is not due to increased testing. Although the number of tests is also on the rise, the increase is much less than the increase in the number of confirmed cases.
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases and an important member of the White House Coronavirus Response Task Force, said in late June that if the situation of the new coronavirus epidemic is not reversed in the States America, America can increase by 100,000 cases every day. This prediction is now a reality.
Screenshot of the Johns Hopkins University Epidemic Data websiteAmerica’s medical system is overwhelmed
Today, the American medical system is also overwhelmed and on the brink of collapse.
According to CNN, data from Johns Hopkins University showed that as of the 10th, 44 of the 50 states in the United States had new confirmed cases within a week increased by at least 10% compared to the previous week. . That day, the number of patients hospitalized with new coronary pneumonia in the United States surpassed 60,000 for the first time, reaching 61,694. Compared to the April 15 peak, the number of hospitalized patients was 2,024 more. Today, an average of 1,661 new patients hospitalized for coronary pneumonia are added to the United States each day. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds said on the 10th that after the surge in cases, the carrying capacity of the state’s medical system is not optimistic. Last week, there were more than 21,000 new cases in Iowa and the rate of positive test results for the virus exceeded 19%.
According to the Institute for Health Indicators and Evaluation at the University of Washington, 110,000 or more people in the United States will die of a new coronary pneumonia in the next two months.
Currently, the death toll in the United States is approaching 240,000.
How far is the vaccine?
According to a report by the Buenos Aires Economic News Network on Nov. 9, Pfizer’s new corona pneumonia vaccine may become the first new corona vaccine to formally seek approval from the U.S. Drug Administration.
The most recent phase three trial of the vaccine reportedly began in July. There were 44,000 participants around the world. Half of the people who received placebo and the vaccine were administered. Among all the volunteers, only 94 were sick. Independent experts evaluated the test results and concluded that the vaccine’s effectiveness rate exceeded 90%.
So far, pharmaceutical companies have reported no worrisome cases. Testing before the third phase was done on fewer healthy people to detect the potential dangers of the vaccine. At the time, they tested four variants of the vaccine and chose the one with the fewest side effects. If the vaccine is licensed in the United States, the FDA will monitor its application nationwide to ensure that it does not cause unintended consequences to the population. Additionally, volunteers who participate in all testing phases will be observed for two years.
Pfizer officials have indicated that they are willing to prioritize the highest risk groups. These people generally include residents of nursing homes and people who work there, as well as older people with obesity and diabetes. The United States and the European Union have signed a contract, becoming the first countries to receive the vaccine. The distribution plan for the 40 million doses of vaccine that can be produced this year has yet to be announced.
Americans are paying increasing attention to wearing masks
At Biden’s presidential campaign rally, staff and many people wore masks. Not only that, more and more Americans are aware of the situation they face and are posting their views on social media, urging people to stay home and wear masks:
Has the worst day yet come?
However, Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, said in an interview with US media on the 10th that the worst days of the new corona pneumonia epidemic in the United States have not yet have arrived. The number of recently confirmed cases in the United States in a single day could soon exceed 200,000.
Osterholm said in an interview that when we find that the proportion of new cases in a single day reaches 200,000, we need not be surprised at all. From now until next spring before the vaccine is successfully developed, we will see the most epidemic situation. Dark days.
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