The worsening of monkey acne epidemic exposes the "old problem" of American epidemic prevention

Xinhua News Agency, Los Angeles, September 7th: The worsening of monkey acne epidemic exposes the "old problem" of American epidemic prevention

Xinhua News Agency reporter Tan Jingjing

According to data updated by the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 7th, there have been more than 20,000 cases of people in the United States infected with acne (hereinafter referred to as monkey acne), reaching 21274, ranking first in the world. The U.S. government was criticized and questioned by US public opinion in response to the implants of monkey acne. Public health experts said that the winding window of the rapid spread of monkey acne epidemic is close, and the US government is repeating the same mistakes of the new crown epidemic prevention and control.

On May 18, the public health department of Massachusetts in the United States reported that this year's first case of acne in the United States. Since then, monkey acne virus has been spread rapidly throughout the United States. The U.S. government announced in early August that the epidemic of the monkey acne was an emergency in the country.

According to the latest data of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the top three states in the current number of monkey acne cases are California, New York State, and Florida, of which 4,140 cases of California have reached 4,140 cases.

American public health experts pointed out that the number of cases of acne in the United States may be much higher than official statistics due to insufficient testing capabilities. Most suspected cases were not tested and confirmed in time, so prevention and control measures were not taken in time, which greatly increased the risk of passing the virus to more people.

American public opinion pointed out that the U.S. government has not learned lessons to respond to the failure of the new crown epidemic. Coping in the response to the epidemic of the monkey acne, it is still inadequate and completely exposed the failure of the US public health policy.

Bloomberg recently said that from the slow supply of vaccine to the lack of communication with the public, the US government responded to the errors of the monkey acne epidemic. "If the new crown epidemic has to give us some experience lessons, it is important to deal with such emergency public health crisis: one is to effectively distribute resources to slow down the impact of the epidemic, and the other is to effectively communicate with the public to let them understand the epidemic situation. Various risks. But in the response to the epidemic of the monkey acne, the Bayeng government did not do it. "

"Boston Global Daily" website recently published an article that American public health officials and political leaders should repeat almost every error in response to the new crown epidemic in the response to the new crown epidemic: insufficient detection ability, inefficient vaccine, difficult infection, difficulty in diagnosis Heavy, the government lacks communication with the people.

The US "Congress Mountain" daily report pointed out that monkey acne virus has already had mature detection, treatment methods and safe vaccines in the United States. The United States should have missed the opportunity to prevent and control the epidemic. However, the US public health system has long faced the dilemma of funds for a long time, and even the most basic detection swabs, syringes and other supplies are lacking. The new crown epidemic has exhausted these resources for more than two years, so that the United States failed to bear the U.S. in response to the epidemic of the monkey acne epidemic situation. Live the most basic test.

In order to cope with the surge in the number of cases, the US government distributed the "Guinios" monkey acne vaccine to all over the United States, but the supply was serious. The reservation website of Monkey Vaccine in New York City was paralyzed due to a large number of reservations.

The US Food and Drug Administration urgently authorized the new vaccination plan for monkey acne vaccine on August 9. The vaccination method was changed from subcutaneous injection to in -skin injection. The dose required for each injection was only one -five -fifth. American public opinion pointed out that this clearly shows that the government does not have enough vaccines to deal with the epidemic of the monkey acne. Moreover, the security and effectiveness of this new plan have also caused controversy. Reuters reports that the "Guinios" vaccine manufacturer Danish Pharmaceutical Companies Barria and Nordic Corporation questioned the security of the new vaccination method, arguing that it lacks data support, and evidence shows that the internal injection of the skin may lead to increased side effects.

The Washington Post pointed out that the prevention and control of the American Monkey Acne epidemic has failed. The government often announced that the public health emergency state was announced after the outbreak of the epidemic, rather than dealing with it in advance. The state of the United States facing the epidemic of the monkey acne is exactly the same as the new crown epidemic: the vaccine shortage, the clinic lined up, the cases increased rapidly, the public's concerns, fear, and doubts spread, and the states were overwhelmed.

Director of the Centers for Disease Control, Roshel Valenzki, recently said that although the number of people acne in the United States is still increasing, the growth rate has begun to slow down. However, experts believe that the lagging of data is likely to truly reflect the real situation of the American acne epidemic in the past few weeks. Now it is too early to determine whether the epidemic has an inflection point and whether the number of cases reaches the peak.

Annie Rimorin, a professor of epidemiology at the University of California, Los Angeles, said that if monkey acne patients and medical staff have relaxed their vigilance, stopped detection or relaxation of prevention and control measures, the number of cases is likely to increase again.

Johns Hopkins University epidemiologist Katelin Rivers pointed out that, in view of the regional scale and diversity of the United States, the spread of monkey acne epidemic in different regions still has great uncertainty.

In April of this year, an organization, named "People's Centers for Disease Control", composed of the US public health practitioners, epidemiologists, medical staff, and representatives of various industries published an article on the Guardian website to the U.S. government's epidemic situation Coping methods and ignoring social and public health responsibilities are angry. They call on the United States to need a new disease control center, and should give priority to the interests of people's health rather than the interests of large enterprises.

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