According to an article published on the website of the US think-tank Niskanen Center on the 10th, few events can carry out a sharp and clear test of a country's government system as the COVID-19. In this crisis, the United States obviously failed, causing more than 1 million Americans to die of COVID-19 and years of serious economic chaos.
The screenshot article of the article by the US think-tank Nickanin Center points out that if the experience of the United States is compared with that of countries at the same level, the failure of the United States in this test will be more obvious. The per capita cumulative mortality rate of COVID-19 in the United States is the highest in all rich countries, even higher than that in many economically underdeveloped countries.
Why can't the United States contain COVID-19? Why did about 350000 Americans lose their lives before vaccination really started? In particular, why did the United States fail, while almost everyone else felt that the situation would be worse than that of the United States at the beginning of the crisis, but succeeded in keeping the death toll at the lowest level and preventing its economy from being hit hard
The article points out that the situation in the United States in 2020 is that politicians mainly consider election income; The polarized public is seriously affected by the parties.
It was not until April 27, 2020 that the then Trump government and Biden's campaign team released a plan to emphasize the importance of large-scale expansion of the detection supply chain to deal with the COVID-19 epidemic. Also on the same day, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finally changed its guidelines to support the detection of asymptomatic infected people. This change means that CDC finally realized that the purpose of COVID-19 detection has two goals, not only to diagnose and properly treat people who arrive at the hospital, but also to detect even asymptomatic infected people. They also finally realized that not only therapeutic virus testing was needed, but also extensive screening tests were needed.
The article wrote: "The fact is that this day is the last time the Trump government has vigorously promoted virus detection in public, and it is the end of the real opportunity for the United States to defeat COVID-19. It is all because of politics." In the United States, politics will prevail in 2020. American politicians are short-sighted, and their vision has narrowed to the question of "how am I most likely to win this upcoming election".
The research team has sought many ways, both formal and informal, to provide advice to the White House Coronavirus Task Force and the President himself. However, the team always gets the same advice, that is, to introduce the anti epidemic strategy from the perspective of how to help the President win re-election.
The article points out that whether it is virus detection, contact tracking, or vaccine delivery, it is possible to win the election strategy. From the outside world's perspective, the US government is suddenly shifting its energy from testing to vaccines, betting on which is the most reliable and easiest way to re-election.
Affected by the epidemic, the voting system needs to be reformed in the 2020 US presidential election. The House of Representatives hopes to authorize funds to the states to support the preparation of postal ballots and ensure the integrity of the election. However, from May 15, 2020 to the end of September, the Senate has refused to advance any compromise bill that includes these election security provisions. As a result, the legislative commitment to large-scale strengthening of virus detection and contact tracing did not emerge, which once again became a victim of political issues and electoral competition.
In the end, the leaders of both parties put the issue of electoral advantage above large-scale detection, contact tracking and supportive isolation (TTSI). The United States finally got the result that the large-scale destruction of political differences provided a gap for the spread of COVID-19, bringing large-scale death, suffering and economic destruction.
For many years, Americans have been lamenting the paralysis of government and the division of society, but this is more as a pastime than an urgent call. The COVID-19 has clearly shown that the division of the United States is becoming more and more serious.