Overseas network was once deep: the White House "drew a big pie", but the EPIDEMIC in the United States was like "wildfire spreading"

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When a number of data on the epidemic in the United States have broken records one after another, the White House cannot sit still. According to CNN, on January 13, local time, US President Biden said that he would add 500 million reagents to the 500 million new crown test reagents announced before Christmas. According to the US online media company Inside, reported on January 12, Biden declared in his speech on January 11 local time that "the United States has embarked on the right path in responding to the new crown pneumonia epidemic." The White House's "big pie" about defeating the new crown has drawn one picture after another, but it cannot stop the CURVE of the epidemic in the United States from "straight into the sky". The Capitol Hill newspaper commented that "over-commitment" has become a problem for the Biden administration, and Biden's promise to defeat the new crown sounds unreliable.

A number of data have set new records

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Aumecreon variant has become the main strain of covid-19 in the United States. As of Jan. 8, it is estimated that the Omiljung variant accounts for 98.3% of COVID-19 cases in the United States.

With Omilon becoming the dominant strain, COVID-19 cases in the United States have surged in recent days. According to the New York Times, more than 1.45 million new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the United States on January 10, the highest since the outbreak of the epidemic. According to CNN, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, more than 150,000 Americans were hospitalized for COVID-12 in the United States on Jan. 12, a number that exceeded the peak in the United States in January 2021. According to a prediction by the University of Washington Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), the number of confirmed cases may be underestimated because some people test themselves at home and do not report results, and others are asymptomatic infected people.

CDC experts predict that this has not yet reached the "darkest hour" since the emergence of the Omiljung strain, and the future situation will only be worse. According to a CNN report on January 13, a forecast released by the CDC on January 12 said that 62,000 people could die of COVID-19 in the next four weeks, which means that an average of 2,624 people die of COVID-19 per day, much higher than the current average of 1,715 people per day. CNN quoted Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, as saying on Jan. 11 that as the Amicoreon variant spreads like wildfire in the United States, almost everyone is at risk of being exposed to the virus, and those who are not vaccinated "will bear the brunt of the virus." U.S. News & World Report magazine quoted Janet Woodcock, acting director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as saying on Jan. 10 that as hospitalizations and infections in the U.S. hit record levels, most Americans will be infected with the new coronavirus.

Lowered economic growth forecasts for 2022

The impact of a number of record epidemic data in the United States has affected all aspects of American society. Record hospitalization data continues to weigh on the U.S. health care system, which is experiencing a growing labor shortage. About a quarter of U.S. hospitals said they faced a "severe staffing shortage," USA Today reported on Jan. 10. The American Broadcasting Corporation said in an article on January 9 that because of the high intensity and dangerous work environment, medical workers in the United States are becoming the biggest victims of the epidemic. Not only that, but the surge in COVID-19 cases has also had an impact on the diagnosis and treatment of other diseases, and the Capitol Hill newspaper said on January 11 that overwhelmed hospitals have reduced the quality of care for patients with other underlying diseases.

Affected by the Omiljung variant, many U.S. economists have lowered their expectations for U.S. economic growth in 2022. As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States hits a record high, businesses across the United States are temporarily closing or adjusting their working hours, showing how the Omilon variant has devastated the U.S. economy, according to the Financial Times reported on January 12. In an interview with the Financial Times, Andrew Hunter, senior economist at Capital Economics, said that while the Omiljunn variant is less deadly than before, the high contagiousness has forced millions of workers to stay home, and a large number of new cases could deal a major blow to the US economy in the next month or two. In addition, the U.S. central bank and central banks around the world believe that the Olmikron mutation will fuel inflation. VoX news website said on January 10 that the US economic recovery is uneven due to the impact of Omicron, and the level of inflation in the United States will be more serious than predicted by economists, lawmakers and the White House.

Equally unoptimistic are American schools. CNN said in an article on January 12 that as more and more teachers are infected with the Omikerong strain, the absenteeism rate of school teachers is about twice as high as usual, and schools across the United States even require parents and staff to replace classes to keep schools running normally. The United School District of Palo Alto, Calif., said in a statement that "the latest surge in COVID-19 cases has affected schools across the country, creating challenges for school openings" and that the district wants parents to volunteer to take on certain roles in schools to "keep schools open."

"Refusal to learn the lessons of COVID-19"

In fact, whether it is the record-high epidemic data or the repeated paralysis of all walks of life in the United States, it is just a repeat of the disaster when each wave of the epidemic hits. Vox News reported on January 8 that the United States refuses to learn the lessons of the covid-19 pandemic.

According to CNN, Biden said in his speech on January 13, local time, that he will add 500 million reagents to the previously announced 500 million new crown test reagents, while providing free high-quality masks to Americans. However, in the eyes of some US media, whether Biden's promise can be fulfilled in time is still a problem. The Capitol Hill newspaper reported on Jan. 13 that "overproduction" has become a major problem for Biden, as well as in dealing with the covid-19 pandemic. Six months ago, Biden said that "the United States is on the verge of defeating the new crown epidemic", and in a speech at the White House on January 11, Biden said that the United States has "embarked on the right path" in dealing with the new crown epidemic, but Biden's promise to defeat the new crown sounds unreliable.

The surge in new cases and high hospitalization rates have made the American people worried and questioned the Biden administration's ability to respond. On January 11, the U.S. Senate held a hearing on the government's Response to Aomi Kerong, VOA reported. At the hearing, Senator Richard Ball, a Republican from North Carolina, said the purpose of the hearing was to hold accountable and that the American people need transparency and accountability. "The coronavirus has killed more than 800,000 people, most of them during this administration. While there are many tools and Congress has provided significant resources, including $80 billion for testing, however, the new changes are spreading across the country and are not controlled. He said that relying on vaccines and strengthening the fight against the epidemic is deserved, but the Biden administration's introduction of enhanced needle measures is chaotic. He also cited the Biden administration's failure to provide people with enough testing options ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays as the reason for the surge in Ami kerong cases.

The more embarrassing reality is that even if the White House has the heart to fight the epidemic, it is also weak. According to the National Public Radio (NPR), on January 13, local time, the US Supreme Court rejected Biden's policy of compulsory covid-19 vaccination and regular virus testing for employees of large enterprises. The dismissal of the Mandatory Vaccination Order means that the Biden administration's most aggressive efforts to fight the epidemic through the workplace have been frustrated. (Text/Old age)

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