美國約翰斯·霍普金斯大學(xué)的統(tǒng)計顯示，全美3日新增新冠確診病例突破100萬例，再次刷新疫情暴發(fā)以來單日新增病例最高紀(jì)錄。確診病例激增致使民怨沸騰，一些政客卻仍能面不改色心不跳地宣稱“公眾場合是否戴口罩是個人自由”，甚至還在通過“栽贓”中國等手段轉(zhuǎn)移國內(nèi)焦點，疫情防控徹底淪為黨派斗爭的犧牲品。

　　截至美東時間4日凌晨，美國累計確診超5600萬例，累計死亡超82萬例，是全球新冠肺炎確診病例和死亡病例最多的國家。作為全球醫(yī)療體系最為健全和發(fā)達的國家之一，美國新冠確診病例再創(chuàng)新高，實在令人瞠目結(jié)舌。

　　如今，美國政客宣揚的所謂“口罩自由”“疫苗自由”誤導(dǎo)不少國內(nèi)民眾，導(dǎo)致基礎(chǔ)防疫措施無法有效施行。標(biāo)榜人道主義和人權(quán)的美國，在疫苗分配上卻強調(diào)“美國優(yōu)先”，不僅不配合全球疫苗計劃，還指責(zé)中國疫苗援助及對疫苗生產(chǎn)原材料實施出口管制。美國大量囤積遠超其人口所需的疫苗，遲遲不肯援助發(fā)展中國家，加劇全球疫苗分配不公。然而，美國疫苗全程接種率只有60.84%，普通民眾對于接種疫苗的態(tài)度竟取決于黨派歸屬，充足的疫苗儲備和低迷的接種率，形成了“黑色幽默式”的反差。

　　推行口罩令更是舉步維艱。不同黨派和利益群體之間就戴口罩是否侵犯個人自由展開了拉鋸戰(zhàn)，戴不戴口罩淪為了“個人自由”概念和黨派斗爭的犧牲品。眾所周知，接種疫苗和佩戴口罩是最基本且有效的防控手段，但黨派的極端對立、社會的嚴重分化，讓美國兩黨在疫情防控中陷入“為反對而反對”的政治博弈，以至于整個國家深陷疫情泥潭無法自拔。

　　此外，為了“提振經(jīng)濟”，美國的政黨漠視本國普通民眾的利益和生命，忽視疫情警告，刻意淡化風(fēng)險，多次錯過有效遏制疫情的最佳時機。疫情防控是系統(tǒng)性的工作，隔離、篩查、跟蹤、接種疫苗等等諸多環(huán)節(jié)缺一不可。但由于政府監(jiān)管和執(zhí)行不力，各項防控措施漏洞百出，甚至出現(xiàn)虛假檢測點和假冒的新冠病毒家庭檢測盒。疫情遲遲得不到有效緩解，讓普通民眾陷入倦怠情緒，放松警惕，防疫工作雪上加霜。

　　確診數(shù)字的激增不僅僅是數(shù)字的變化，背后是一條條鮮活生命的逝去與掙扎。應(yīng)對新冠肺炎大流行上的混亂無序，實則反映出美國政府對民眾生命的漠視，更折射出其制度的缺陷和失靈。面對可能出現(xiàn)的更多的變異毒株，美國必須形成合力，重新制定行之有效的防控政策，別再讓民眾用生命來買單，否則將無法走出疫情“寒冬”。(完)

　　Record-breaking cases reveal U.S. failure in Covid control

　　By John Lee

　　(ECNS) -- With the most developed medical system in the world, the U.S. still saw over 1 million newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday, a single-day record since the outbreak of the pandemic, revealing the U.S. government's failure in controlling the virus.

　　The country has the most confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in the world, with the number surpassing 56 million and 820,000 respectively as of early Tuesday morning, according to John Hopkins University.

　　Americans' inappropriate pursuit of "freedom" as “sold” by politicians makes basic COVID-19 prevention and control measures like wearing a mask or vaccination hard to implement in the country.

　　The U.S. upholds the "America first" principle in vaccine distribution. It not only fails to cooperate with the global vaccine distribution plan, but also controls the export of raw materials for vaccine production while criticizing China for assisting developing countries with vaccines. It has hoarded a large number of vaccines far exceeding the needs of its population, but its full vaccination rate barely exceeds 60 percent, since people's attitude towards vaccination depends on their party affiliation, which is rather sarcastic.

　　The mask order is even more difficult to implement in America. Parties and groups began a tug-of-war on whether wearing masks violates personal freedom, resulting in the mask becoming a victim of "personal freedom" and partisan struggle. Vaccination and wearing masks are the most basic but effective methods to fight against COVID-19. However, the extreme opposition between parties and the serious division of society has turned the COVID-19 fight into a "game of power" in the country.

　　In addition, the U.S. government failed to effectively supervise or implement its pandemic response policies, thus fueling illegal action. For example, counterfeit COVID-19 detection stations and fraudulent test kits for COVID-19 have popped up in some parts of the U.S. The serious, long-term pandemic situation is wearing its people out. They have gradually let their guard down, making epidemic prevention in the country even worse.

　　What lies behind the surging deaths is not only the country's policy disorders in the COVID fight, but also its neglect of lives. The U.S. government has to reflect on its mistakes and re-formulate powerful prevention and control measures to respond to other possible variants effectively, or its people will continue to pay for these mistakes at the cost of their lives.