Original title: US media defended “lying flat”: now is the new crown era, not the new crown crisis
(Observer Network News)
The cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States has exceeded 44 million, and the cumulative number of deaths has exceeded 700,000. The epidemic is so severe that instead of being vigilant, American society continues to voice “lying down and fighting the epidemic”. Earlier last month, the Director of the US Public Health Service declared in an interview that “the success of the fight against the epidemic does not require zero cases.”
On October 12, the “New York Times” published an article in the United States, in a different way to justify “Lying Flat”, claiming that “we are living in an era of new coronary pneumonia, not a new coronary pneumonia crisis”, lamenting “the impact of the new crown is still It will last for decades”.
Recently, Singapore, New Zealand and other countries have successively changed the “new crown clearing” strategy and announced that they will “coexist with the new crown.” At the same time, the number of new confirmed cases in Singapore has remained high in recent days, and the number of new deaths on the 12th reached a record high. In addition, the United Kingdom, which implemented the “herd immunity” strategy earlier, has now admitted that the official early decision-making mistakes have caused one of the most serious failures in the history of the British public health.
Peter Bruegel the Elder’s painting “The Triumph of Death” (The Triumph of Death) depicting the tragic situation of the European Black Death in the Middle Ages“New York Times” report on the 12th, at the beginning introduced the Renaissance painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Pieter Bruegel the Elder) depicting the tragic Black Death in Europe in the Middle Ages, “The Triumph of Death” (The Triumph of Death). ), through the miserable atmosphere in ancient paintings to show people’s fear of the new crown virus.
Subsequently, reports began to quote scholars to export their opinions. First, Allan Brandt, a scholar in the history of science and medicine at Harvard, said, “We tend to think that the new crown epidemic is temporary, but in fact, we are living in an era of new crown pneumonia, not a new crown pneumonia crisis. middle”. This expression is similar to setting the tone, and the title of the report is taken from here.
The scholar also said that the new crown epidemic has brought us many substantial and continuous changes, and we can’t say “although it is terrible, it has passed”. In the next few decades, we will all face all aspects of the impact of the new crown epidemic.
After setting the tone, the report quoted Jeremy Greene, a medical historian at Johns Hopkins University, to warn those who have been vaccinated not to be happy too early, that “new coronary pneumonia has nothing to do with me.” The idea is just wishful thinking.
According to Jeremy Green, the report also said that the new coronary pneumonia broke the “progressive narrative”, that is, medical advancement, and all diseases will be conquered. For this reason, the report equated COVID-19 with AIDS, claiming that we can prevent it and treat it, but it will always coexist with us.
Jonathan Moreno, a scholar in the history of science and medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, also likened COVID-19 to cancer, claiming that it may weaken, but it will not disappear.
Of course, Western countries are not effective in fighting the epidemic, and blindly dumping the “pot” of the new crown virus will not work. The report also finds its own reasons. However, the report first dumped the “pot” on the people’s “anti-science” and “anti-vaccine” movements, and also stated that today’s “social media” is too developed, which has expanded the spread of all kinds of lies and conspiracy theories.
The second is the wrong policies such as “masks are useless” and “herd immunity” promoted by the United States, Britain and other countries. According to Frank Snowden, a medical historian at Yale University, these wrong policies have cost “we paid a great price.” The government has lost the trust of the people because of these ever-changing policy directives, thus weakening its control of the virus.
On September 21, 2021, local time, Washington, USA, more than 600,000 small white flags were erected on the Washington National Mall. The project is called “In the United States: Remember”. Each flag represents a person who died unfortunately due to the new crown epidemic. People.Picture from Surging ImageAccording to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 6:00 on October 13, 2021, Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States has exceeded 44 million, and the cumulative number of deaths has exceeded 710,000.
Even though the epidemic is so severe, the US government is thinking about “lying down.” Earlier on September 6, Vivek Murthy, director of the U.S. Department of Public Health, in an interview with the political news website Politico, said that although the new crown epidemic in the United States will not have a clear turning point, this does not mean the United States. The situation is very bad, “We want to tell everyone that success in the fight against the epidemic does not have to be cleared.”
Singapore and other countries change the “clearing” strategy
Recently, many countries have successively changed the “new crown clearing” strategy. According to Lianhe Zaobao, at noon on October 9, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivered a national speech, announcing that the country would change its “clearing” strategy and transition to “coexistence with the new crown”. He said that Singapore’s vaccination rate is relatively high, and the new crown is no longer a dangerous disease for most people.
However, abandoning “zeroing” obviously means that the number of confirmed cases and deaths will increase. According to data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, Singapore had 2976 new confirmed cases on October 12, showing an upward trend, with 11 new deaths, reaching a record high.
Singapore’s recent surge in confirmed cases of new crowns is based on data from Johns Hopkins University.According to Reuters, on October 4, Prime Minister Ardern of New Zealand announced at a press conference that the country would abandon the long-term implementation of the “zero cases” strategy. The report said that with the increase in vaccination rates, New Zealand will seek to “coexist with the virus” and control the spread of the virus.
The British “Guardian” reported on the 12th that the New Zealand government’s decision did not publicly solicit the opinions of epidemiologists and public health experts in the country.
It is worth mentioning that, as a “predecessor” in the field of “Lying Flat Anti-epidemic”, Britain has also recently had “big news”. According to a report by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on the 12th, the latest British Parliamentary Authoritative Anti-epidemic Report acknowledged that early Britain’s anti-epidemic mistakes were made and attempts to obtain “herd immunity” through infection resulted in the worst failure in the history of British public health. one.
The report also pointed out that this was mainly because the British government listened to the “recommendations” of scientific advisers and did not “make full use of the experience of other countries, especially East Asian countries.”
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