In an interview in September, the Secretary of the U.S. Public Health Service, Murty, said that there will be no "quick and clear" turning point in the future of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in the United States, and it is difficult for the United States to return to normal. Some analysts pointed out that with the arrival of winter in the northern hemisphere, the new crown virus will have a more suitable environment for spreading, and the epidemic prevention situation in the United States may become more critical.
"Next, the most immediate challenge facing the United States in the fight against the epidemic lies in vaccination. The U.S. government hopes to better prevent the Delta virus from being infected by promoting the immunization of the elderly and the wider population in the country with the new crown vaccination. The policy has not been widely responded." Zhang Tengjun analyzed.
Greater resistance comes from the chronic illnesses of the US political system itself.
Zhao Kejin pointed out that the current conservatives in the Republican Party still adopt a non-cooperative attitude. How to achieve domestic unity is a problem that the United States urgently needs to solve. "Political polarization has severely drained the political energy of the United States, causing problems in all areas of governance, including the fight against the epidemic."
"As the US midterm elections approach next year, issues such as the epidemic and the economy will inevitably become the focus. The two parties will spare no effort to hype the epidemic and politicize the epidemic." Candidates at all levels of each state and two parties may participate in the campaign to politicize the epidemic, thereby reducing the effectiveness of the epidemic prevention policy and promoting the development of the domestic epidemic in the United States in a more uncontrollable direction.
The U.S. Political News Network also confessed that the U.S. has fallen into political divisions, so that many health officials who know the dangers of the new crown variant virus are often vague and unwilling to make a clear statement, making it difficult for the U.S. health department to convey health information to the public. This increases the risk of the epidemic continuing to expand.
The repeated epidemics are having a profound impact on the US economy and society. In late September, the Federal Reserve lowered its forecast for US economic growth this year from 7% to 5.9%.
"If the epidemic cannot be completely controlled, the U.S. economic growth will continue to be weak and lack stamina. This will bring about a series of social problems, including the widening gap between the rich and the poor, the more obvious division of social classes, and the increasingly tense race relations." Zhang Tengjun analyzed. Said that the phenomenon of polarization will also become more prominent in American society and no longer only exist at the political level.
Zhao Kejin pointed out that the negative impact of the epidemic is concentrated on the poor in the United States. "On the one hand, the poor lack social security and protective measures are not in place; on the other hand, the social assistance system cannot afford it, and the government is unwilling to intervene. In this case, the poor are more likely to become victims under the repeated impact of the epidemic. In the long run, the social structure of the United States will definitely be affected."