US media article: China's victory in the fight against the epidemic is no accident

On August 25, the US "Workers" website published an article titled "How China Won the Victory against the Epidemic, What Does It Mean for the World" that China's anti-epidemic actions are obviously better and more successful than those of western countries such as the United States. Excerpts from the content are as follows:

Many Western netizens view China's victory in the fight against the epidemic with suspicion and jealousy, but some believe that the United States and Europe should reflect.

How can China successfully contain COVID-19 in a very short period of time? Seven key factors: efficiency, science, coordination, commitment, people's war, cooperation, and effective leadership.

When the virus hit China, the entire country went into battle mode. People are united in one thing and remember one thing: to defeat the virus.

Specific elements of China's success include: strict isolation; mass testing; the construction of temporary hospitals to isolate everyone who has symptoms or has been in contact with a sick person; the government's unwavering commitment to providing top-down nationwide logistical support; government-to-individual accountability; international coordination and open communication, particularly in cooperation with the World Health Organization; trust in science and experts; tracking everyone with health-like mobile apps; and rapid development and adoption of new information technologies to fight the virus and rebuild the economy Mobilizing national forces to rapidly develop antiviral medical technologies, including promoting gene sequencing and analysis, developing drugs and vaccines, innovating clinical treatments, and adopting traditional Chinese medicines; wearing masks from the beginning.

Chen Jianguo, dean of Tongji Medical College in Wuhan, said: "Facts have proved that China's methods and systems are effective. ”

On January 23, China quickly and decisively ordered the closure of the city of Wuhan, a city of 11 million people. This is the largest lockdown measure in history.

The lockdown meant that every resident would have to stay home all day thereafter.

Moreover, the lockdown is only the beginning. The Chinese government has invested significant resources, medical equipment and tens of thousands of medical workers, volunteers, soldiers and construction workers in Wuhan and Hubei to support the "people's war" against the epidemic.

After the lockdown, 42,000 medical volunteers across the country began to go to Wuhan and Hubei to provide support.

Tens of thousands of workers built two temporary hospitals in Vulcan Mountain and Leishen Mountain in about 10 days, which can treat thousands of new crown pneumonia patients.

Not only that, but Wuhan mobilized hundreds of thousands of community volunteers to help residents throughout the lockdown. Since no one can go out shopping, the community organizes volunteers to act as the "agent" of each resident: helping the elderly, organizing the delivery of groceries, and driving to deliver medicine every day.

The vast majority of volunteers and medical staff are under the age of 30 and belong to the "post-90s". Many have expressed a desire to prove themselves to be responsible adults. They actively sign up for frontline missions. The vast majority of people expressed a willingness to participate in these weeks or even months of separation from their families. People call them "retrogrades" and feel that they are heroes who choose to rush into the disaster area to save lives.

In China, it is customary for government officials and CCP members to be mobilized first to go to the front line.

During the lockdown in Wuhan and Hubei, young CCP members have always been actively involved in front-line treatment activities. About half of the medical staff, frontline workers, port workers, customs officers and volunteers from across the country are party members under the age of 30.

Logistical support is equally crucial. When the outbreak first broke out in January, China quickly ran out of protective equipment reserves. Believing that "unity is strength," China quickly mobilized the nation's forces, including state-owned enterprises, to increase the output of existing protective equipment production lines and build new ones. A few weeks later, by mid-February, China's protective equipment crisis had lifted. Every health care worker is adequately protected from the need to reuse protective equipment.

China's success is not by luck. Chinese have a strong sense of social responsibility for collective action. The Chinese people believe in the government and are willing to listen to the government's guidance. They believe that "unity is strength". People are proud to be able to actively participate in the national fight against the epidemic.

In contrast to the United States, what is the problem?

Keywords: denial, disorderly governance, ignorance, racism, corruption, chaos, xenophobia, anti-science, and throwing pots. U.S. President Donald Trump's folly caused the deadly virus to spread out of control. Many health experts predict that the cumulative number of infections in the United States will reach 10 million by October this year, and a total of 224,000 people will die from COVID-19 by November 1.

All in all, China's anti-epidemic actions are obviously better and more successful than those of Western countries such as the United States.

Singapore's "Black Box" research company and the British Toluna company jointly released the "Global Crisis Perception" index on May 6, saying that Chinese citizens give their own governments the highest score in fighting the epidemic. In the 100-point survey, China scored 85 points. The United States and the four Western European countries involved in the survey all performed badly: the United States 41 points, Germany 41 points, the United Kingdom 37 points, Italy 36 points, France 26 points.

Source: Reference News Network