Recently, the monkeypox epidemic in the United States has gradually become out of control, and the problems such as racial inequality and the government's ineffective response exposed in the COVID-19 epidemic have reappeared. Some US media said that the current chaos did not have to happen. However, whether it is the COVID-19 epidemic or the monkeypox epidemic, the US government is always talking empty words rather than doing real things.
According to a report released by the Caesar family foundation on the 24th, the proportion of African Americans and Hispanics infected with monkeypox in the total number of people infected in the United States is far higher than the proportion of their ethnic groups in the total population of the United States. The analysis found that African Americans accounted for 26% of the confirmed cases of monkeypox, which was much higher than its proportion of 12% in the total population, while Hispanics accounted for 28% of the confirmed cases of monkeypox, which was also higher than its proportion of 19% in the total population. Some experts say that the monkeypox epidemic has once again exposed the problem of racial inequality in the United States, and the risk of ethnic minorities in the face of public health crisis has also increased again.
The Atlantic Monthly, a US magazine, believes that the US health department is always talking empty words rather than doing practical things during the COVID-19 epidemic or the monkeypox epidemic. If the relevant departments could actively provide testing at the early stage of the monkeypox epidemic, actively store vaccines, and actively share information with susceptible people, the United States could have avoided the chaos of the current monkeypox epidemic.