According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of June 28 local time, there had been 306 monkeypox cases in the United States. According to the report of NPR on June 25, some scientists said that the monkeypox epidemic in the United States may be much more serious than the number of cases showed. The scale of monkeypox transmission is unknown because many people cannot be detected at all.
On June 28 local time, the U.S. government announced that it would provide 296000 doses of monkeypox vaccine. However, in the view of U.S. health experts, this is a drop in the bucket. The New York Times quoted experts as saying that the vaccine campaign was too small and too slow to have an impact. "Many of us are worried that the window to eliminate monkeypox is closing.".
Faced with the most serious monkeypox epidemic in the history of the United States, the U.S. government has exposed various loopholes in prevention and control, making many Americans seem to go back to 2020 overnight. According to an article published in the Washington Post, the US government's response to monkeypox reproduces the cumbersome response to novel coronavirus two and a half years ago, which may have terrible consequences. In fact, global experts including the United States have studied monkeypox for decades, but the U.S. government is still slow in testing and vaccine, which is disappointing.
The US government has paid a bloody price for its failure to respond to the COVID-19. At present, the death toll of new crown in the United States has exceeded 1million, 23million people may suffer from long-term new crown symptoms, and about 1million people are expected to be unable to work due to sequelae. However, the U.S. government still hasn't learned enough lessons, ignoring the people's right to life and health. American human rights have once again lost "people".
The World Health Organization said recently that monkeypox does not constitute a global public health emergency at present, but it needs to "strengthen response" to control further spread. If the U.S. government is still unable to respond, NPR's concern may not be groundless. "Monkeypox, like novel coronavirus, may become a long-term or even permanent problem in the United States."