The lead editorial yesterday in the Global Times nails the failure in the U.S. to act on the rapid spread of the COVID-19 before the vaccines kick in, and failure to work together internationally to address the global crisis.
“Fighting the novel coronavirus is an arduous battle, and humanity has to make sacrifices,” they write. “Herd immunity is nothing but an illusion. Modern human society cannot bear the costs. A strong social mobilization is essential to cut the transmission channel of the virus. For a society that cannot strictly enforce social distancing at critical junctures, people have to make up for it. The U.S. has almost given up efforts to mobilize society to fight the virus, but pinned all of its hopes on vaccine. The harm of this attitude has so far been fully proven. The U.S.’ attitude has profoundly affected many countries in the West and even the world, which is a bad example of giving up the COVID-19 fight because of the difficult work.”
