The domestic epidemic has continued to improve in the past two days, but the situation abroad is very serious, and the number of confirmed cases in many countries has increased sharply. Yesterday, foreign media suddenly reported that a confirmed case appeared among Amazon’s headquarters staff in Seattle. Fortunately, the confirmed employee does not work at Amazon's new headquarters on Ninth Street, but at an Amazon Seventh Street field office two blocks away from the headquarters. According to Amazon's notification, the employee felt unwell when he returned home from work on February 25 and had not returned to the office until he was diagnosed two days ago. *Office building where confirmed Amazon employees work At present, the company has contacted and quarantined several staff members who had close contact with the confirmed employees, and has also conducted infection risk assessments on other employees who have not had contact. They believe that the infection risk of other employees is low. My brother-in-law has escaped the quarantine and observation of more than 50,000 employees in the entire company. Amazon is not at risk of suspending its business for the time being, but the overall epidemic situation in Seattle is not optimistic. Washington State, where Seattle is located, is almost the fastest-growing area in the United States. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Looking at the U.S. epidemic from Seattle According to foreign media data as of the 3rd, 27 people have been confirmed in Washington state, and the cumulative number of deaths has exceeded 4. The number of confirmed cases in the United States is 80, and the number of deaths has reached 9. *Data source: U.S. CDC official website, as of local time on the 4th The number of confirmed cases in Washington State exceeds one-third of the total number of cases in the U.S., and the number of deaths even reaches half. This terrifying ratio shows that Seattle and Washington State are likely to be springboards for the new coronavirus in the United States, just as the situation in Wuhan and Hubei in China is as serious. However, the CDC data also revealed something else that is frightening. According to the data released by our official media, the death rate of COVID-19 in our country is 2%, and the death rate in other areas except Wuhan is 1%. According to the data released by the United States, the death rate has reached an astonishing 11.2% . Because we have more data, our situation is closer to the actual mortality rate of the new coronavirus. There is only one reason why the current mortality rate in the United States is so high, that is, there are a large number of undetected infected people who are still living a normal life. There was even a case where the CDC made a mistake and released a potentially infected person who tested positive for nucleic acid. Through our own painful experience, we have concluded that the very beginning of the epidemic is the golden time to contain it, but what is the United States doing now? ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ America's Assistance Against the Virus This year happens to be the year of the US presidential election. Large-scale tours and canvassing activities are a fixed part before the election. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic at the beginning of this year, presidential candidates still did not give up these canvassing rallies with tens of thousands of people. Even Trump publicly stated that "one day, these viruses will disappear like a miracle." It is hard to imagine that such words came from the head of a country, saying that they would rather wait for the virus to disappear than implement measures to stop the epidemic. Even the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has publicly stated that ordinary people do not need to wear masks for protection now. Even the CDC announced today that it will no longer count and publish confirmed cases nationwide, and all data will be compiled by state governments themselves. As long as I don't count, there will be no new cases in the U.S. This outrageous operation by the CDC represents the U.S. government's attitude of not taking the COVID-19 pandemic seriously. We have missed the golden time to kill the epidemic in its early stages because of our contempt. The US's current attitude of not taking it seriously will only make the epidemic worse. We have done our homework and handed it to the US to copy, but the US can't even copy it. We can only hope for the best. The United States will face a more serious epidemic in the future, and American consumers will likely spend some time in isolation at home and relying on online shopping. For us as the epidemic situation improves, the outbreak of the epidemic in the United States may be another window period for Chinese sellers and Chinese products to occupy the market. |
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