First, the process by which the United States chooses to "lie flat."
Since the beginning of the summer of 2021, major us states have successively "lifted the overall control of the epidemic";
From November, border crossings were gradually opened;
Starting in May 2022, the United States declared an end to the "pandemic."
(The end of the pandemic means the end of the national epidemic, that is, we usually say that the epidemic is over - friends who do not understand should study modestly, do not open their mouths and say that Lao Mei only announced the end of the "pandemic", where is the end of the epidemic).
In the above chronological order, it can be understood as:
A year ago, the US states ignored the national prevention and control policy and successively chose to "lie flat";
Half a year later, the US government had no choice but to accept the "lying flat" → defaulting to "lying flat" → followed by "lying flat";
After another six months, the US government decided to "lie flat" in an all-round way.
Second, the reason why the United States chose to "lie flat"
1. Conform to public opinion. Western people who advocate freedom and democracy cannot bear and endure the various restrictions and controls required by the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic for a long time, and if they are like China for a long time, they will inevitably cause social unrest and cause very serious consequences. In this sense, the United States' choice to "lie flat" is extremely wise and reasonable.
2. It is difficult to block the dam. Do you remember? The United States has also adopted extremely strict containment measures and has also strictly "sealed the country" for dozens of days. In other words, the United States has not tried to completely suppress the spread of the virus! Only later, it was found that the states were in their own positions, coupled with the people's non-cooperation, the loopholes were getting bigger and bigger, and the epidemic was getting more and more fierce, and it had reached the point where it was out of control. This is like a, first a small opening, then a small opening continues to increase, and finally the collapse is unstoppable, and I have no choice but to watch the flood of the embankment rush thousands of miles to flood some cities and drown some people.
3. Get rid of the baggage. Politicians, as well as the middle class and above, watch more and more "old poor people" eat the cake, drag themselves down, panic for a long time, and hope that these "old poor people" will soon go to see God! But you can't say it! A statement will create contradictions, destroy the human design, and directly lead to the loss of votes. Well, the new crown epidemic has given them a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and they can't wait to ignore the risk of "risking the world", but choose to use the "hand of the virus" to eliminate the old, weak, sick and disabled at the bottom, so that the US machine can be reloaded and run efficiently.
Third, the current situation of the United States "lying flat"
1. Virus transmission and mutation have been under surveillance. Johns Hopkins University releases detailed data on the COVID-19 epidemic in the United States every day, and it can be seen from this data that the United States has never relaxed its monitoring of the epidemic, nor has it stopped testing for nucleic acids and antigens, but it is not like China to carry out full-staff and mandatory testing.
2. The research and development and vaccination of the new crown vaccine has never stopped. Effective "vaccine" vaccination has always been the most effective way to deal with epidemic diseases, and vaccines against the new crown virus have been intensively developed, and the biggest problem is that the serious uncertainty of virus mutation has seriously affected the uncertainty of vaccine effectiveness. Even so, countries have been trying to develop a "broad-spectrum" COVID-19 vaccine. Fauci, who announced the end of the "pandemic" at the end of last month, also said that "vaccination will continue".
3. The fear of COVID-19 has not been completely eliminated. You can see through the Internet and television that although most of the American people have taken off their masks, there are still some people who still wear masks, especially in the NBA arena, there are still more audiences wearing masks. In addition, the NBA has been extremely strict in implementing the "health agreement", and athletes and coaches who test positive for the new crown are not allowed to enter the game. In the fourth semifinals between the Warriors and Grizzlies that ended yesterday, Warriors coach Kerr was unable to coach because of the new crown, and as a result, assistant coach Brown almost pit the Warriors.
4. Medical resources are overwhelmed. At present, there are more than 80 million cases and more than 1 million deaths in the United States, and the daily increase is still maintained at about 100,000. At present, there are more than 80,000 new crown patients hospitalized in the United States, more than 21,000 people use the ICU ward, the U.S. ICU bed availability rate is only 24%, in some serious epidemic states, the ICU ward even continues to be full, patients can only wait, either the death inside to make room, or their own death in waiting. The number of deaths from other diseases that have not been treated in a timely manner due to the severe squeeze on medical resources due to the new crown is 1.7 times higher than before the epidemic. Healthcare workers endure multiple physical and mental stressors, triggering a "wave of departures"
5, the US stock market fell sharply. At the beginning of the lie, it did play a certain stimulating role in the economy, and the Dow Jones index once created a record high of 36952.65. However, when there was a problem of difficult medical institution appointments and medical beds that were difficult to find, this stimulus quickly became a suppressive use, and the Dawes index began to accelerate downward, falling to 32160.74 at the close yesterday, a decline of 12.97%.