The mortality rate in the United States is shocking.
Recently, Zhong Nanshan, a senior expert group leader of the National Health Commission and an academician of the China Academy of Engineering, said in an interview with the South China Morning Post that he was "shocked" by the death data of the United States in the COVID-19 epidemic. "Trump once said that if the death toll is less than 65,438+10,000, it is hard to say now." He said, "You can say that the United States has a wide range of detection of viral nucleic acids, or that the number of detection is higher than that of other countries, but I am shocked by the number of their deaths." Zhong Nanshan said that the mortality rate of COVID-19 in the United States is close to 6%, which is incredible because the overall medical level in the United States is "very strong". Zhong Nanshan quoted several American counterparts as saying that despite the high level of medical care, equipment and facilities in the United States, the medical system in the United States was unable to cope with the epidemic. "No matter whether it is medical equipment or medical staff, they are not prepared, so suddenly there are so many, which is very passive, just like what we did in Wuhan."
It is far from the performance of SARS.
This time, the anti-epidemic work in the United States is in sharp contrast with the "SARS" of 17 years ago, and the gap is far away. Zhong Nanshan said that when SARS broke out in 2003, he also contacted American experts and told them to be vigilant. At that time, the United States was on "high alert" to the epidemic. "Because of the strong preventive measures, there were only 27 cases in the United States at that time, which is far from the current situation."
He analyzed that the timely response of the United States at that time was also related to the "9. 1 1 terrorist attack" it had just experienced. After 200 1, the United States strengthened the construction of public health and emergency system. "As far as I know, after the' 9.11incident', the US investment in the CDC increased by 10 times."
Two fatal causes have led to a serious epidemic in the United States.
Zhong Nanshan also pointed out two fatal reasons why the United States is so ineffective in fighting the epidemic! First, the American authorities did not listen to the advice of medical experts and defined the new coronary pneumonia as an epidemic at an early stage.
Another fatal reason is that there is no balance between economic stability and epidemic prevention and control! Government officials did not listen to the opinions of medical experts in restarting economic activities. "It is risky to resume work and production prematurely. I think they should follow scientific laws and gradually open up. " Zhong Nanshan said, "The economy is very important to any country, but the failure to strike a balance between epidemic prevention and control and economic stability is also the reason why COVID-19 has such an impact on the United States."
Regarding the time for the United States to resume work and production, Fauci, an American epidemiologist and a member of the White House COVID-19 Epidemic Response Working Group, repeatedly pointed out that unless the virus is controlled, the economy cannot recover; If we rush, our efforts to fight the epidemic will fall short. But Trump insisted that states should restart economic activities as soon as possible.
As a result, with the recovery of the state economy and the relaxation of epidemic prevention and control measures, people flocked to the streets in large numbers. According to Reuters's statistical analysis of newly confirmed cases in the United States last week, the number of newly confirmed cases in 20 states in the United States has rebounded from previous weeks.
At the same time, Zhong Nanshan believes that "politicization of COVID-19" makes it difficult for global scientists to work together with Qi Xin to overcome difficulties. "We need to know more about COVID-19. At this time, it is very important for global scientists to help each other in the same boat, but now it is very difficult because some politicians' politicize' the virus. " Besides, Zhong Nanshan is not surprised by the uproar in the United States and COVID-19's conspiracy theories in China. He recalled a magazine he saw on a business trip in Seattle in 2003, the cover of which read "SARS: China's Weapons of Mass Destruction". "(So) I don't think it's surprising. This argument has always been there, and now it is the same trick. "