Since the new crown epidemic, Western countries have made many mistakes in epidemic prevention and control, which has made the epidemic situation difficult to control, and a large number of people in Western countries have died as a result. Will this affect other countries?
A few days ago, the Italian Senate released a report called "Italian Pension Uniform Balance Sheet Report". The report mentioned that in the new crown pneumonia epidemic in 2020, a large number of Italian elderly died as a result, which helped the Italian Social Security Agency save money. 1.11 billion euros in pension payments. The report pointed out that among the population who died from the new crown in 2020 in Italy, basically all were retired elderly people, of which only the elderly over 65 years old accounted for 96.3%. This data is undoubtedly quite shocking.
Now, as the new crown epidemic continues for longer and longer, some social "sequelae" after the epidemic have gradually emerged, especially the report released by Italy this time, which is even more magical. After the news was released, it shocked many Chinese netizens. Some netizens who were unbelievable about this matter searched for relevant news to verify it, but found another strange phenomenon. Major media in Italy have reported on this incident, which means that it is indeed true. However, except for Italian media and a few small websites, mainstream American media and websites have collectively silenced and did not report on the incident.
In fact, it is understandable that until now, the number of deaths due to the new crown epidemic in Italy has reached more than 150,000, but it has saved Italy 1.11 billion euros in 2020 alone. In contrast, the number of deaths in the United States due to the new crown has so far exceeded 950,000. How much these can help the United States save, I am afraid the United States itself dare not announce it. On the overseas mainstream social platform "Twitter", apart from a few Italian netizens discussing the matter, no other American or British netizens paid attention.
The situation in the United States and Italy is very similar. Last year, the New York Times in the United States pointed out in a report that 75% of the deaths from the new crown epidemic in the United States were over the age of 65 or even older. Unlike Italy, those deaths in the U.S. are much higher than in Italy. According to data released by US media, the number of deaths from the epidemic in the United States in 2020 increased by 17% compared with 2019, and the number of deaths from the epidemic in 2021 also exceeded 2020.
As for the impact of the new crown epidemic on pensions in the United States, the US media did not report on it. In major reports, the main issues mentioned are the economic recession caused by the epidemic and the reduction of pension income. Regarding the impact of the death of a large number of elderly people on pensions, there is no detailed comment by the media on it, just a sentence "it is not easy to evaluate". Some people also think that maybe the US media has completely flattened the matter now. No matter how the outside world discusses it, they will not comment on the matter. After all, an American politician has long said that he and the elderly American are willing to "serve the US economy." and die".