From January 5, the United States will impose entry restrictions on passengers from China, on the grounds that the domestic epidemic in China "may mutate into new strains and bring epidemic transmission risks". However, according to the fact of strain analysis, the current popular BA. 5 sub branch in China is the main epidemic strain in the United States a few months ago, while the latest strain XBB. 1.5 detected recently in Shanghai and Hangzhou is exactly the number one epidemic strain in the United States. It can be seen that China is the victim of the global epidemic, while the United States ignored the facts and violated the science, which is a political farce.
According to the monitoring data of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the epidemic strains in the United States are constantly updated. From July to October last year, BA. 5 became the main epidemic strain in the United States, giving way to BQ1 and BQ1.1 in November, and XBB. 1.5 became epidemic in December, with the proportion of new infections rising to 41%. CDC also estimates that XBB. 1.5 has caused about 75% of new cases in the northeastern United States. XBB. 1.5 has become the No. 1 epidemic strain in the United States due to its extremely high "immune escape" ability.
According to the monitoring of the global influenza shared database, XBB. 1.5 has been found in at least 74 countries and regions, including 43 states in the United States. Many American experts pointed out that the sample of XBB. 1.5 in the first report can be traced back to New York and Connecticut in late October.
XBB. 1.5 When it was discovered in the United States, China was still implementing a strict epidemic prevention and control policy. On November 11 last year, China issued 20 measures to optimize epidemic prevention and control, and on December 7, it issued the "new 10 measures". Neither the current epidemic of BA. 5 in China nor the newly detected XBB. 1.5 strain appeared later than the United States and many other countries. The COVID-19 virus, which is currently prevalent in China, has previously spread around the world.
With the global prevalence of COVID-19 infection, mutant strains continue to appear, and new strains may appear anywhere. Therefore, the adoption of special entry restrictions against China lacks scientific basis, and is even more unnecessary. Under the circumstance that most countries have cancelled the entry restrictions, the United States, where the No. 1 virus strain is prevalent, has targeted the entry restrictions, which is purely a political manipulation. It's really no excuse to add the crime!
Over the past three years, China has adhered to the principle of putting people first and life first, and has seized every window to optimize and adjust its epidemic prevention policies. The epidemic situation and the number of deaths have remained at the lowest level in the world, making important contributions to the global epidemic resistance and economic recovery. In response to the new changes in the epidemic situation and the new situation of epidemic resistance, China has shared the virus gene data of recent COVID-19 infection cases through the global influenza sharing database, which reflects its consistent openness and transparency.
In contrast, the United States has always politicized epidemic prevention and "dumped the blame". This not only makes itself the "world's first country to fail in the fight against the epidemic", but also leads to the spread of the epidemic in the world, dragging down the process of the global fight against the epidemic.
The United States packages itself as a victim, but China is actually the victim. The experience and lessons learned over the past three years have repeatedly proved that political anti epidemic can not stop the spread of the epidemic, and only through solidarity and cooperation can we get out of the predicament. The US government has made repeated mistakes in targeting inbound Chinese tourists, which is also a futile move in the opposite direction.
At present, China is making efforts to better coordinate epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development. The epidemic situation is stabilizing and the economy is recovering. Since January 8, China has stopped taking quarantine and infectious disease control measures against people and goods entering the country, and many countries have responded warmly.
Over the past three years, the United States has tried to manipulate epidemic prevention and control to achieve political goals, which has cost more than 1.08 million Americans their lives and hindered the global epidemic resistance and economic recovery. Today, three years later, has the United States not learned its lesson and gone astray?