Unexpectedly, the death of 250,000 people actually proves that the United States is not afraid of death! We still underestimate America?

If someone predicts in early 2020 that the United States will die more than 250,000 due to new coronary pneumonia, they will be regarded as fools or lunatics and will be ridiculed ruthlessly.

However, according to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 6:25 on November 19, Beijing time, there were a total of 11.48 million confirmed cases of new crown in the United States and a total of 25,029 deaths.

The US White House Coronavirus Response Task Force predicted in March this year that if the most pessimistic estimate were to be made, there would be a maximum of 240,000 deaths from the new crown in the United States, but now the death data in the United States has exceeded their wildest imagination. The BBC stated that the US epidemic data "crossed the milestone."

It seems that the most pessimistic estimate in the United States at the time was still too optimistic.

American safety and health expert Fauci once again urged people to wear masks and maintain social distancing. "It sounds simple, but it works," Fauci said. "But now there is'Covid fatique' (Covid fatique). People are fed up with these restrictive measures."

The disobedient people, coupled with the constant cold weather, the growth rate of new crown patients has also re-entered a high-speed track, with an increase of nearly 200,000 every day.

▲ Unfortunately this is not the stock curve

The epidemic in the United States continues to create records. On the other hand, the White House epidemic consultant is still encouraging everyone to visit their grandparents on Thanksgiving, because for many elderly people, “this may be the last time they celebrate Thanksgiving”.

▲If you are infected with the new crown, this sentence is fine

Although the epidemic prevention and control has made such a ghostly appearance, the death toll is unprecedented in the world, and the majority of Chinese netizens have no interest in eating melons. However, some Americans said that the death of so many people just proved the United States. powerful.

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More dead = America is strong?

The day before the death toll from the epidemic in the United States exceeded 250,000, Taylor Cowen, an economics professor at George Mason University in the United States, published an article on Bloomberg entitled "The New Crown is Expanding the U.S.'s Advantage over China."

You are not mistaken. Although the United States is in a mess of epidemic control, this epidemic has proved that the United States is powerful and advanced.

Although the death toll is the highest in the world, Professor Kewen believes that "this just proves that the Americans can tolerate injuries and deaths, and it is a great casualty." In other words, the United States is not afraid of death.

What is a tricky angle!

In the article, Kewen cited another person's social dynamics. The general meaning of this tweet is, "The Chinese military has a traditional view that a rapid and high-intensity battle is sufficient to deter the United States, because the Americans cannot bear too much casualties due to domestic pressure. Therefore, to some extent, Said that the US's handling of the new crown is a very powerful and expensive display of power (proving this view is wrong)"

As the so-called heroes see the same, Professor Kewen very much agrees with this view, and believes that China has always felt that Americans are “weak and afraid of death”. However, the deaths of so many people from the epidemic prove that Americans are “not afraid of death”. Military operations need to think twice before proceeding.

To be honest, if it weren’t for seeing the author is an American, I would have thought it was a sudden draft.

On November 15, the American "Tribune Star" published obituaries occupying ten and a half pages, and many of them died because of the new crown virus.

In peacetime, 250,000 civilians lost their lives because of poor epidemic prevention. How can it prove that Americans are not weak? How can we prove the combat effectiveness of the United States in war?

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You may win, but I will never lose

Professor Kewen's theism is far more than that. In the article, he fully demonstrated why the epidemic has proved the strength of the United States.

First of all, although the research and development of vaccines in China is also very rapid, the mRNA vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech of Germany is more advanced, can be produced quickly, and can adapt to future viruses, while vaccines in China use "old technology." America, yes!

However, according to the announcements of the two companies, Pfizer in the United States mainly provides funds and conducts clinical trials, while the real vaccine formulation screening is the German BioNTech company. In other words, the core technology of the vaccine comes from Germany, but it is deliberately reported in the media. Described as "Made in America".

▲ Screenshot of the report of Deutsche Welle

In addition, China’s vaccines are not “old technology”. In addition to mature and stable inactivated vaccines, China has adopted a strategy of parallel development of multiple research and development routes, including mRNA vaccines, to ensure that the safest and most effective vaccines can be produced.

Although Pfizer's vaccine technology mainly comes from Germany, Professor Kewen is not embarrassed at all, because this just proves the strength of the United States!

Why?

Because the two founders of BioNTech are Turkish immigrants. What does this show? It shows that the West can attract top talents from all over the world, and the United States is also the West, so the United States is better than China in this regard.

Professor Kewen also stated that China cannot cultivate reliable allies. In addition to discrediting China's "One Belt One Road" policy, he also believes that it is nowhere for East Africa to become China's "sphere of influence", and the European Union also regards China as an opponent. In short, China has been embarrassed on all sides and rejected by the world.

However, on November 15th, the 10 ASEAN countries and China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand formally signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP). After the RCEP is signed, China will sign 19 free trade agreements with foreign countries. The number of trading partners will reach 26.

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in an interview, “I don’t think many countries are willing to join an alliance that will exclude other countries, especially an alliance without China. I think this is not only Singapore and Asian countries (think so), even in Europe. , There are also some countries that want to do business with China. For example, the EU is trying to sign an investment agreement with China."

On the contrary, the United States has not only been madly "withdrawing from the group" all over the world, it is also constantly hurting each other with its allies.

Just a year ago, the United States announced that it would impose 15% tariffs on European Airbus aircraft and 25% tariffs on some other European products. The two sides are dragging on the tariff issue. Last month, the European Union announced that it would A 15% tariff is imposed on aircraft and parts imported by the United States, and a 25% tariff is imposed on a series of agricultural and industrial products.

In addition, the European Union is also conducting antitrust investigations against US Internet giants such as Google and Amazon, and wants to impose high "digital taxes" on them.

The most powerful thing is that Professor Kewen wrote in the article, "The United States has just conducted a very peaceful and orderly election"...

Your president is still yelling about the election problem on the Internet. Tens of thousands of supporters went to Washington to shout "election fraud" to protest the election results, and then clashed with Trump’s opponents, and the two sides fought directly. stand up.

This is the so-called "peace and order"?

▲Wu fights if you can't

Of course, Professor Kewen also admitted in the article that China’s epidemic prevention and control is very effective, the economy is recovering well, and the supply chain is very strong. However, maybe you China can win, but the United States will never lose. "When it comes to consciousness and people, the United States and the West have not lost their lead."

To be honest, you have to admit that what he said is right, because we really can't do like him, saying that hundreds of thousands of deaths are a symbol of a powerful country.

At least in this respect, China is not an opponent at all.

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The United States is more "Showa"?

It must be said that Taylor Cowen is not a pheasant professor.

He was once listed as the "most influential economist in the past decade" by the British "The Economist", and was also listed as the 72nd among the "Top 100 Thinkers in the World" by "Foreign Policy" magazine. George Mason University, where he works, ranks 100th in the QS National Rankings.

▲Taylor Cowen

Such a person, of course, would not be a fool, not to mention that most of the comments below this article were scolding and mocking him.

Some users commented below: "This is perhaps the most mentally ill thing I have read today, except for the declaration of a serial killer. No human heart can write this thing. It makes anyone feel sick."

One article cannot explain that all elites in the United States are mentally handicapped, and not all of Taylor Cowan’s articles are full of this theism. In another article, he analyzed fairly objectively that because of the cost of vaccines The problem may lead to further division of society.

If a person can say this, if there is no problem in his mind, it is likely that there is a problem with the butt.

This article does not expose the IQ of the American elite, but to a certain extent reflects the position and starting point of consideration of a considerable part of the upper class in the United States.

Many Chinese people have never understood why the epidemic in the United States has become so severe, but many people don’t take it seriously, and the impact on American society is not as severe as the Chinese thought.

On the contrary, from top to bottom, many Americans are busy protesting the blockade, not wearing masks alive and dead.

Because from the perspective of the upper echelons of the United States, the life and death of ordinary people is really not that important to them. They are more concerned about their political achievements and votes. If a blockade is used to control the epidemic, the economic data will be unsightly, and they are unwilling to take the risks and responsibilities.

Of course, everyone knows that the new crown treats all kinds of dissatisfaction. If you look down on it, it will make you look good. The consequence is that the US epidemic is completely out of control. Last weekend, in Dallas, Texas, thousands of families drove in line to get relief food.

Some people said in an interview, “I saw God’s favor because we are all struggling. I thank North Texas for helping us through the storm.”

Fine.

On the other hand, because of the disregard and guidance of the upper echelons of the United States, in the eyes of many people, the new crown is no longer a serious problem, but does not exist at all.

On November 16, a nurse in South Dakota, USA, said in an interview with CNN that many of the new crown patients she had cared for were still not believing that the new crown virus was true. Many people hoped that this was flu, pneumonia or lung cancer. "Even if the positive test result is in front of them, they still don't believe it."

The cumulative number of confirmed cases of the new crown in the United States has exceeded 12 million, and there are about 4.56 million confirmed cases. According to data from the US epidemic tracking website "COVID Tracking Project", the current number of people hospitalized in the United States due to the new crown is only about 80,000.

Now you know why the American medical system will not collapse.

Among them, those who really suffer and understand the severity of the epidemic are ordinary people who have lost their lives and loved ones because of the new crown epidemic, except for medical staff.

In Texas, a woman's six relatives all died of new coronary pneumonia. What's even more devastating is that while preparing for her mother's funeral, she received a call from the hospital and her father had just passed away.

"I know they witnessed the tragedy of our family, and they left me a message expressing regret about my experience, (but) do you really think that? Because when you put your loved ones in danger when you hold parties, you It doesn’t seem to be a pity. For a party, you don’t care about the safety of your loved ones."

In short, I am sorry that so many of your relatives have passed away, but our party cannot stop.

The suffering of ordinary people does not represent the suffering of the rich. According to a report by the American Policy Research Institute, from mid-March to mid-August, there were 643 millionaires in the United States with a net worth of more than $1 billion, and their wealth increased by 845 billion. The U.S. dollar has increased by 29% compared to the beginning of March. If it is averaged every day, it is equivalent to an increase in the daily wealth of more than 600 millionaires by $4.7 billion.

This fragmentation of perceptions and even interests of different groups and classes of society makes it difficult for the impact of the epidemic to be transmitted from the bottom of society to the upper echelons of the United States. Since many ordinary people don't care, and even the elites don't care, even if the epidemic goes out of control, even if more than 250,000 people lose their lives, it will be difficult to have a major impact on American policymaking.

Therefore, although it looks like American society is in a mess, the impact of the epidemic is far less than that many Chinese thought. At least for the top Americans, the impact is not too great.

The various domestic and foreign policies pursued by the United States will not be relaxed because of this.

On November 17, US Secretary of the Navy Braithwaite stated that he would form a new "First Fleet" at the junction of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, and frankly stated his purpose: "The United States cannot stand alone with What China is contending with is that countries in the Pacific and even the world need to provide military and economic assistance to each other to have a chance to contain China."

And an old friend of the Chinese people, Kissinger, who is 97 years old, began to speak out again, "Unless there is some basis for (China and the United States) cooperative action, the world will slide into a disaster comparable to the scale of World War I. "He believes that the two sides must reach a consensus: "Agree that no matter what other conflicts occur, they will not choose military conflicts."

These words are of course very beautiful, but they are not clear enough: what is the basis of this "cooperative action"? Who determines the basis of this action? If the two sides cannot agree, or the United States does not agree, then they have to fight?

Now let’s look at Taylor Cowen’s divine text. Although the logic in the middle is very peculiar, his conclusion has some truth: the upper echelons of the United States are really not afraid of the death of ordinary people.

Moreover, there are indeed many Chinese people who believe that once a serious military conflict occurs, as long as it can cause enough harm to the United States, the United States can be brought back to the negotiating table.

This idea may be correct, but from the perspective of the epidemic, I am afraid that the degree of harm that Americans can accept is really different from what we imagined. You think it is better to break one finger than to break one finger. As a result, people feel that there is no need to break a hand. What, this is prone to big problems.

At the end of World War II, Japan called out "100 million pieces of jade". As a result, the two atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki directly calmed them down, but is such an equivalent really effective for the United States?

It now appears that the real guarantee of effective means is to either guarantee a complete and complete destruction of the other party, or directly and seriously harm the interests of the upper echelons of the United States.

For peace, we need more aircraft carriers and Dongfeng missiles than we thought.