One person dies every 65 seconds. The United States is accused of missing the opportunity to slow th

Original title: one person dies every 65 seconds. The United States is accused of missing the opportunity to slow down the epidemic
Beijing, September 3 (Liu Cong) according to a comprehensive report, delta mutant strains are rampant in the United States. The past August has become one of the worst months of the new crown pandemic in the country. In August alone, the United States reported nearly 4.22 million new cases, with 26800 deaths, more than three times the number of deaths in July. The last week of August alone was even more deadly than the whole of July.
COVID-19 has been sweeping the globe for more than a year, and has been gradually controlled in many countries. At this time, the United States seems to be sinking deeper and deeper in this quagmire.
It is reported that according to the survey data released on the 1st local time, on average, one person in the United States dies of the new crown every 65 seconds; 111 people are diagnosed every minute, about one person is infected every two seconds; Compared with the last week of July, the number of confirmed cases increased by more than 105% and the number of deaths increased by 268%.
With the surge of cases, medical resources are also running out, especially in several states with low vaccination rates. Data show that less than 10% of the beds in intensive care units in Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Florida and Arkansas remain. In Georgia, 287 new crown patients were hospitalized at the hospital on the morning of August 30, more than since January.
In addition, there is another place busy.
In Florida, data in the last week of August showed that an average of 279 people died in hospitals every day, a significant increase from 52 in July. The funeral home cannot be arranged, and there is insufficient space for the remains in the cemetery. This situation seems to return to the peak of the epidemic in 2020. The funeral home staff also bear high work intensity and are exhausted.
However, in this regard, people can't help asking: where is the self-confidence of the US government in publicizing universal vaccination and claiming to control the epidemic as soon as possible?
U.S. President Joe Biden promised that 70% of American adults would receive at least one dose of vaccine in July, but it was not completed until mid August.
Despite the Biden administration's "painstaking" efforts to persuade the people, tens of millions of eligible Americans have not been vaccinated, and most of them have no intention of vaccination.
According to the government data obtained by NBC, since March 1, 2021, at least 15 million doses of new crown vaccine in the United States have been wasted, and the number of unused vaccines continues to rise. There are many reasons why vaccines are discarded, including broken vaccine bottles, wrong dilution, refrigerator failure, etc.
"We are faced with a situation where (in some countries) vaccines are wasted, and many African countries even have less than 5% of the vaccinated population, which is really sad," said sherifa sekarala, an associate professor of global health law at Warwick University in England who studies the inequality of infectious diseases
However, the tragedy is far more than that.
In the past three weeks, more than 500000 children in the United States have tested positive for new crowns.
According to national data collected by the American Academy of Pediatrics, more than 500000 children in the United States were diagnosed with new crowns from August 5 to August 26. At least 203962 cases were reported in the week from August 19 to August 26. In late June, a weekly report showed that the number was less than 8500.
Most children have not been vaccinated yet. Wearing masks is one of the most important and effective ways to prevent them from being infected. Medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner pointed out that "without other protection, they are living targets."
Even if there are many unvaccinated "live targets", some states in the United States still order to prohibit local mandatory wearing of masks, and some states even insist on trying to "restart".
The analysis points out that from the current situation, the United States has missed the opportunity to slow down the epidemic, and the U.S. government is to blame.
In addition to the direct losses caused by the epidemic, the racial contradictions, political differentiation and the gap between the rich and the poor in the United States under the pressure of the epidemic are also becoming more and more intense. If the epidemic can no longer be controlled timely and effectively, don't say "restart". Waiting for the United States may be a "crash".