Original Title: Think Tank Report Reveals the Truth About the U.S. Anti-epidemic, Participants Call for-Respect Facts and Science Stop the Politicization of Traceability
Reporter Yang Xun Wang Fang
On August 9, “”America First”? ! “The Truth About the United States‘ Anti-epidemic” research report (hereinafter referred to as the “report”) is released. This is the world’s first think tank report that exposes the truth about the U.S. fight against the pandemic. It uses objective facts to conclude that the U.S. is the world’s number one failed country in the fight against the pandemic, the number one country in the world’s political defeat, the number one country in the world that has spread the epidemic. The number one political tearing country, the number one currency issuer in the world, the number one turbulent epidemic country in the world, the number one false information country in the world, and the number one traceable terrorist country in the world.
The report was jointly researched and released by the Chongyang Institute of Finance of Renmin University of China, Taihe Think Tank, and Haiguo Tuzhi Research Institute. The Chinese and foreign people present at the press conference stated that the United States should face its own problems squarely, stop using the epidemic to blame the blame and spread the wrong behavior of the political virus, and truly participate in international cooperation against the epidemic with a scientific, rational and responsible attitude.
“The United States is still part of the problem, not part of the solution”
According to statistics released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 6 pm Eastern Time on August 8, a total of 35,757,980 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 616,816 deaths have been reported across the United States. According to data from the US Department of Health, there are currently about 66,000 patients with new coronary pneumonia in the United States who are hospitalized, which is the highest number since February. In the past week, the average number of new confirmed cases in the United States exceeded 100,000 per day. The U.S. epidemic continues to rebound, but some U.S. media has ranked the U.S. first in the “Global Anti-epidemic Ranking” released by it by changing evaluation indicators.
What is the truth? Through a large number of examples and data, the report has restored the U.S. anti-epidemic in terms of “fighting for the party but not for life”, “anti-science and perverse common sense,” “system failures make the epidemic difficult to control,” “the epidemic exacerbates social tearing,” and “wildly undermining the global fight against the epidemic”. The real situation of the epidemic. Wang Wen, Executive Dean of the Chongyang Institute of Finance of Renmin University of China, said that some media have rated the US anti-epidemic as “the world‘s first”, which will not help people in the future to view the current world history truthfully and objectively. At the same time, the report is also a retrospective of the epidemic. It is hoped that this will help countries learn from the lessons of American anti-epidemic and summarize their experience in epidemic prevention and control, so as to better respond to similar public health crises in the future.
The report pointed out that political struggles in the United States, especially partisan struggles, have highly politicized the epidemic. Anti-scientific and anti-common sense in epidemic prevention and control, policy measures, traceability investigations and other aspects are the direct reasons why the United States has become a “failed country in the fight against the epidemic.” . Chen Dingding, dean of the Haiguo Tuzhi Research Institute, emphasized that an important reason for the failure of the United States to fight the epidemic is the failure of the system. The U.S. federal, state, and local governments are full of conflicts and arguing with each other. The “selective treatment” basically makes the poor unable to treat the disease, and the elderly do not see it. During the epidemic, the rising unemployment rate, crime rate, and racial problems in the United States further exacerbated social divisions.
“The report shocked people at the huge humanitarian disaster that the American people suffered, and even more questioned the effectiveness of American democracy behind the failure of the United States to fight the epidemic.” Wei Nanzhi, deputy director of the Social and Cultural Research Office of the American Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that American democracy It has been equated with competitive elections between the two parties. The political pressure faced by the two parties is not to prevent and control the epidemic and save lives as effectively as possible, but to use the epidemic to gain support from voters. Trying to avoid responsibilities, frequently “dumping the pot”, and using the epidemic as a tool to demonize opponents has become the need for the interests of political parties in competitive electoral politics.
William Jones, president of the Washington bureau of “Global Strategic Information” magazine, said that last year’s presidential election in the United States highlighted huge domestic political differences. So far, some states still oppose any strict measures to fight the virus. Playing a political game of shirking responsibility will not help the United States defeat the epidemic. “Unfortunately, the United States is still part of the problem, not part of the solution.”
“Repetitive tracing is anti-scientific and once again highlights the hegemonic logic of the United States dominated by self-interest.”
The report reveals that, as the world‘s number one power, the United States allowed the spread of the virus, causing the epidemic in other countries to seriously worsen; it shirks its blame and attempts to use the World Health Organization as a tool to protect its own interests, and discards if it fails; it pursues “anti-epidemic egoism” and “vaccine nationalism.” , Hoarding a large number of vaccines; implementing “tracing terrorism” and manipulating global public opinion.
Martin Jacques, a former senior researcher at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, pointed out that the new crown pneumonia epidemic is the most severe governance test facing countries around the world since World War II. From the process of the United States‘ response to the epidemic, we can see that the truth has been abandoned and political debates have been supported. The U.S. government issued racist remarks and made groundless accusations with the “laboratory leak theory.”
Song Xiaofeng, secretary-general of the Taihe Think Tank, believes that the United States has been covering up its own virus traceability issues, and has kept a close eye on the earliest time of the outbreak in the United States, the early transmission route, the Fort Detrick Biolab and other issues of international concern. At the same time, American politicians, out of political considerations of passing on contradictions and dumping China, promoted the “Wuhan Laboratory Origin Theory” and made “presumption of guilt” to obstruct and mislead the scientific tracing work of the international community.
The Second Secretary of the Iranian Embassy in China Kuli told reporters that after listening to the report’s press conference, he has a deeper understanding of the truth about the United States‘ fight against the epidemic. The United States has politicized and stigmatized the source of the virus, and tried to throw the pot at China and other countries. This is a very irresponsible approach and has dragged down the global fight against the epidemic. Cooley emphasized: “The Chinese government has effectively controlled the epidemic in a timely and effective manner, and provided a large amount of aid to developing countries such as Iran, which has played a very important role in promoting the global anti-epidemic process.”
“The WHO expert group has given a clear negative conclusion on the argument that the virus originated in the laboratory. Repeated tracing is anti-scientific, and once again highlights the hegemonic logic of the United States that is dominated by self-interest.” Wei Nanzhi said that countries should respond. It is a global public health crisis, and the United States should assume both internal and external responsibilities to promote global cooperation in the fight against the epidemic.
“Further develop solidarity and cooperation, so that the world can get out of the crisis as soon as possible”
The report pointed out that the new crown pneumonia epidemic is a public health crisis sweeping the world, and it is necessary for countries to jointly integrate resources to fight the epidemic and help the vulnerable groups most affected by the epidemic to tide over the difficulties. At the same time, it is necessary for the United States to respond to various doubts and allow an international team of experts from the World Health Organization to conduct field visits and investigations to relevant biological laboratories in the United States, so as to effectively promote international anti-epidemic cooperation.
“Infectious diseases know no borders, and all mankind needs to unite and respond together.” Tu Wenxiao, deputy director of the Monitoring, Early Warning and Risk Assessment Office of the Health Emergency Center of the Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that at present, the new crown pneumonia epidemic is still raging around the world, and mutations continue to appear. Increased the uncertainty of global epidemic prevention and control. For every public health emergency, objectively reviewing the development process of the incident, summing up experience, and investigating and correcting problems, can we avoid repeating the same mistakes and better protect people’s lives and health.
At present, China has donated and is donating the new crown vaccine to more than 100 countries and regions, and has exported vaccines to more than 60 countries, with a total of more than 770 million doses. It is the country that provides the most vaccines to the outside world. William Jones said that China keeps its promise to make vaccines a global public product and has made major contributions to promoting international vaccine cooperation. “The direction of our efforts now should be to save people’s lives and eradicate the virus globally. Countries must work together, not against each other, so that we can move towards the goal of a community of human health.”
Tang Bei, an associate researcher at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs of Shanghai International Studies University, said that China advocates creating a better life together and actively promoting the construction of a community of human health. “It is hoped that all countries will work together to update the concept and path of global governance, and further develop solidarity and cooperation, so that the world can get out of the crisis as soon as possible.”
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