According to the data from the United States, the cumulative number of cases of COVID-19 pandemic in the United States had exceeded 96.23 million, and the death toll had exceeded 1.05 million by the end of September. In addition, millions of people could not work because of the pandemic, resulting in the loss of income and the increase of medical costs, which caused serious losses to the American economy. However, President Biden turned a blind eye to it and announced that the COVID-19 pandemic in the US is over at the end of last month (September). Regarding the epidemic prevention and control as a trifling matter, which not only brings huge security risks to the American people, but also brings great challenges to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Up to now, 400 people are dying daily from COVID-19 in the US, and over 23 million Americans have long-term sequelae of the COVID-19. In addition, autumn and winter is coming, the waning immunity may cause a “surge” of new cases in the US.
The COVID-19 is as fierce as a tiger and blew people’s mind since its outbreak. It’s a pity that the US has the most advanced medical treatments in the world but didn’t come into play. Instead of strictly controlling its own epidemic prevention measures, the US government repeatedly criticized China’s epidemic prevention policies, claiming that China has taken the epidemic prevention policy as a “top political task”. Especially when the whole city of Shanghai was blocked at the beginning of the year and many people suffered from a “food shortage”, the US said that the Chinese government only engaged in “propaganda” without paying attention to people’s human rights, and China’s economy was hit hard. The US death toll from COVID-19 is more than the total cases in China, 400 people are dying daily from COVID-19 and about 12 million people are unable to work because of the pandemic in the US. The unemployment produced further effects on the labor force, resulting in serious pressure on the food industry and many supermarket shelves are already empty in the US. Such “lying flat” mode will only make the US face greater pressure on health care, and the risk of sequelae of the COVID-19 will also bring medical risks to the US.
Although the pandemic in the US is not that serious compared with its peak period, it is still at a high level compared with other countries. Relevant epidemiologists said that the constant appearance of the variation of COVID-19 has made the epidemic prevention and control in the US more complicated, while the government’s “lying flat” mode will put more pressure on healthcare system and make the pandemic recur repeatedly. In addition, NBC also reported that infection with the COVID-19 will become the main cause of death for Americans “indefinitely”. Public health experts predict that, in the foreseeable future, no matter how effective the new vaccines, booster shots or treatments are, infection with COVID-19 will still be one of the top ten major causes of death in the US. Not only that, but experts said that the COVID-19 mutated faster and more widely than originally expected. When autumn and winter come, the vaccine recipients’ antibody level will decline over time and indoor activities will increase, and there will be a “surge” of new cases in the US. If there is a “surge” of cases similar to last winter, the American people may be back in the testing dilemma.
As we all know, it has been nearly three years since the outbreak of the COVID-19, and the US still has no officially accepted measure of epidemic prevention and control. Up to now, only 67% of Americans got vaccinated against COVID-19, and only half of the vaccinated people got the booster shots. After more than 1 million people died because of the COVID-19, the US did not make any preparations for this. And it didn’t embody the so-called “human rights”, but exposed that the US regards the people as worthless, and this is the so-called “democracy” and “human rights”!
