How can humans with more than 200 million diagnoses get out of the epidemic? | Epidemic | New Crown Pneumonia_Sina News

Original title: Short comment: The global number of confirmed diagnoses exceeds 200 million. How can human beings get out of the epidemic?

China News Service, Beijing, August 7th. Question: The global number of confirmed diagnoses exceeds 200 million. How can human beings get out of the epidemic?

Author Cui Bailu

According to WHO statistics, on the 6th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crowns worldwide exceeded the 200 million mark.

This is equivalent to 1 in every 39 people in the world who are infected with new coronary pneumonia, and the actual ratio may be even higher. With the spread of the epidemic and the emergence of mutant strains, the number of infected people soared from 100 million at the beginning of the year to 200 million, which lasted just over 6 months. The highly infectious “Delta” mutant strain is even more fierce and has spread to 135 countries and regions in a short period of time.

Under the severe situation, the first meeting of the International Forum on New Crown Vaccine Cooperation was held. A five-point consensus was reached on the issues of capacity deficit, distribution deficit, and cooperation deficit that need to be resolved in global vaccine cooperation, demonstrating the determination of all countries to fight the epidemic together and injecting into the disaster-stricken world One dose of “heart-strengthening shot”.

A year and a half ago, the raging virus cut off busy air routes, shut down the mobile world economy, and cut off close interpersonal communication. Under the epidemic situation, chaos in the world frequently appears: some choose to “lie flat” and pin their hopes on misjudgments against science such as “herd immunity” and “flu”; some choose to eat the weak and fight for medical resources and high buildings. The wall of monopoly; some cling to the “island thinking”, abandon interdependence, and pursue unilateralism; some even do not hesitate to create a “political virus” to undermine the overall situation of unity and anti-epidemic.

However, being alone will inevitably lead to fire, and beggar-thy-neighbors will eventually be isolated and helpless. Facing the common crisis of mankind, people are becoming more and more aware of the fact that only by sharing the destiny of all mankind, transcending differences, building consensus, and forming a joint force, can the epidemic be finally overcome.

History is the best textbook. As the Italian historian Croce said, “All true history is contemporary history.” Judging from the history of human response to pandemics and global crises, the international community can make breakthroughs in fighting AIDS, Ebola, avian flu, H1N1 influenza and other major epidemics, and put an end to global crises such as the Second World War and the financial crisis. , As well as the achievement of the “United Nations Charter” and the “Paris Agreement” to address climate change and other multilateral cooperation results are the crystallization of the unity and cooperation of the people of all countries. The situation of peace, security, cooperation, win-win, openness, and tolerance brought about by working together in the same boat reflects the common value pursuit of mankind for thousands of years and conforms to the common interests of all mankind.

Judging from the reality of the fight against the new crown epidemic, the current epidemic has the characteristics of strong contagion, wide spread, and high fatality rate. Countries are struggling to deal with many problems such as mutant strains, epidemic prevention loopholes, collapse of the health system, and insufficient vaccine supply and distribution. For more than a year, the countries that initially advocated “herd immunity” had to admit that their policies had failed. Countries that chose to ignore or even ignore the epidemic were successively reduced to “heavy-hit areas.” Selfish countries that undermined unity were continuing to overdraft their national credit and reputation. . Under the current epidemic situation, the spread of the epidemic cannot be prevented by the strength of one or several countries alone. Whether it is virus scientific research, vaccine research and development, production and supply, or recovery of a severely declining economy, it is inseparable from the joint efforts of the world. In the end, solidarity and cooperation proved to be the most powerful weapon to defeat the epidemic.

As a responsible big country, China has always united knowledge and action. Firmly implement the solemn commitment to make vaccines as a global public product, and so far have provided more than 750 million doses of vaccines to the world. On the 5th of this month, Chinese President Xi Jinping stated in a written speech at the first meeting of the International Forum on New Crown Vaccine Cooperation that he will strive to provide 2 billion doses of vaccine to the world throughout the year and donate US$100 million to the “New Crown Vaccine Implementation Plan”.

Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum, mentioned in the book “Post-epidemic Era: The Great Reconstruction”: “We are at a crossroads… These imminent challenges may be beyond our previous imagination, but we emphasize The ability to construct the world is far beyond our previous imagination.” The epidemic has brought difficulties, but it has also catalyzed the common destiny of mankind. (Finish)

Editor in charge: Zhang Yu