Original title: Masks make chaos, virus traceability politicized, US epidemic prevention and control is facing many challenges Source: CCTV News Client
The new crown pneumonia epidemic in the United States continues to worsen, with more than 100,000 newly diagnosed cases reported in a single day, and a total of 35.314 million confirmed cases. However, because American politicians politicized the prevention and control of the epidemic, the issue of whether or not to wear masks in American society is still polarized, which seriously affects the prevention and control of the epidemic.
The politicization of epidemic prevention and control revolves around masks, causing chaos
According to US media reports, a school in Chicago, Illinois, USA recently staged a farce due to a mask order. According to reports, the school invited parents of students to meet to discuss matters related to the implementation of the mask order, but due to the different positions of the parents, the two sides quarreled endlessly.
Parents of students who support the mandatory mask order:It is unreasonable to let children who are not eligible for the new crown vaccine take off their masks.
Parents of students who oppose the mandatory mask order:Forcing your child to wear a mask is an injury, which is terrible. Even more frightening is that you still want to hurt other children. You are too shameful.
There were even some emotional parents who had physical conflicts, and the meeting that day ended without a conclusion.
In addition to Illinois, there has also been confusion in the school mask order in Florida. According to US media reports, some schools in Florida have issued their own mask orders, requiring students to wear masks before returning to school. However, the governor of the state DeSantis said that whether to wear a mask is the “freedom” of students and parents, and the school and the government have no right to intervene. DeSantis also threatened that if these schools do not revoke the mask order, the state government will stop funding them. As soon as this statement came out, many schools were forced to cancel the mask order.
In addition, Republican-ruled regions such as Texas, Iowa, and Arizona have even introduced regulations prohibiting schools from implementing mask orders. In this regard, some American health experts said that at the time when the epidemic continues to spread, the ban on the implementation of the mask order is a “completely wrong behavior.”
According to US media reports, the politicization of epidemic prevention and control has made the American people face more serious threats. Some health experts said that American politicians have waved the banner of “freedom” but have forgotten the most basic responsibility of saving lives.
American scholars believe that the traceability of the new crown virus is severely politicized
Recently, some politicians in the United States have been politicizing the issue of tracing the source of the new crown virus because of the responsibility of “waving the pot” in response to the domestic epidemic. This approach has also aroused opposition in the United States. On the 3rd local time, Deborah Seligsen, assistant professor of the Department of Political Science at Villanova University in the United States, said in an interview with local media that the US government’s operations are not only a waste of time and resources, but also hinder international health. Cooperation.
Earlier, US President Biden ordered intelligence agencies to investigate the origin of the new coronavirus and submit a report within 90 days. According to reports, one of the intelligence agencies is more inclined to the hypothesis that the virus is leaking from the laboratory, and two intelligence agencies are more inclined to support the view that the virus is naturally occurring and spreading. The rest of the agencies have stated that they do not have enough evidence to make a judgment. At present, the Biden administration has begun to lower the expected value of the investigation report.
Deborah Seligson, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Villanova University:I think (the tracing issue of the new crown virus) has become too politicized. They (US intelligence agencies) all say that they lack confidence in the data they have. They are frankly speaking, they don’t have many facts to support. Because this issue was politicized, it caused damage, and it really hindered international health cooperation with China.
A report issued by the US Republican Party on the 2nd claimed that there is a large amount of evidence that the virus that caused the new crown epidemic was leaked from a research institution in China. In this regard, Deborah Seligsen said that this approach is frustrating and a complete waste of time and resources.
Deborah Seligson, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Villanova University:We have made the coronavirus research conducted by Chinese scientists more difficult, and we have severed our connection with Chinese scientists on this subject. You know, during this pandemic, one of the things the National Institutes of Health did was cut funding for coronavirus data collection. We need to know more about the coronavirus, and on the contrary, we are focusing on an extremely unlikely source.
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