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发帖数: 4013 | 1 Frank Sieren, Deutsche Welle, Germany: “The scale of Beijing’s measures so
far is unprecedented. Only an authoritarian one-party state could have
implemented them so rapidly: Some 56million people are under quarantine and
air, rail and long-distance bus traffic has been suspended in at least 14
cities. What is incredible is that there have been no demonstrations, let
alone riots, in the regions affected. ... The situation was different with
the 2002-03 SARS outbreak: The scale of the epidemic was played down for
months. By the time it had been brought under control, 800 people had died.
Now, Beijing is providing information about the number of cases and
casualties almost every hour. Even the construction of the new hospital is .
.. live-streamed.”
Vin Gupta, NBC News: "As a pulmonologist in Seattle, near where the first
case of the new coronavirus was confirmed in the United States last week, I
relied heavily on the city’s hospitals, clinics and departments of health
to protect our community. And they did so admirably, immediately acting
decisively and shrewdly despite the fear and uncertainty that always arises
with an invisible biological threat. ... Just 0.19% of the U.S. budget goes
toward pandemic preparedness overseas. Yet any money that we do spend means
we mitigate the risk of facing outbreaks at home. ... It’s not just
inadequate funding that keeps us behind. Two high-profile global health
security experts departed the administration in 2018, diminishing the
chances that leadership from within may change these dangerous realities.
Which means that unless hospitals and providers are given the necessary
financial resources, Americans may soon be more vulnerable to threats like
Ebola and coronavirus that pay no attention to politics or budgetary cycles
but which demand a health system ready and primed to respond." |
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