There would not have been a massive influx of the virus into the United States.
2020/11/28
The following is a continuation of the previous chapter.
The biggest mystery surrounding the new corona
Speaking of social disturbances, the virus from China has plunged not only the United States but the whole world into a state of confusion.
Many mysteries still surround the global spread of the coronavirus scourge that has yet to be solved.
One of the biggest mysteries is that the U.S., which implemented the world’s earliest and most stringent entry restrictions, suffered the worst outbreak.
On February 1, shortly after the WHO declared a state of emergency, President Trump became the first person in the world to stop all flights to and from China and ban those who stayed in China from entering the country.
It was the world’s earliest and most thorough “blockade” of the border with China.
However, the U.S. quickly spread the disease, and the world’s worst figures for infections and deaths continued to rise.
As of mid-November, it infected 10.6 million people in the United States, and 243,000 died.
The U.S. alone accounts for one-fifth of the world’s total number of people infected and killed.
How did the U.S., which quickly closed its borders completely, reach this point?
What is clear is that by February 1, enough virus had entered the United States to cause an outbreak.
Now, remember what February 1 was.
It based Trump’s decision to blockade the border with China on the fact that the WHO had declared a state of emergency two days earlier.
There had been many chances for the WHO to declare a state of emergency before that.
It was New Year’s Eve 2019 when information about unexplained pneumonia in Wuhan was shared with ProMed, a system in which experts worldwide monitor outbreaks of unknown infectious diseases.
The WHO’s Infectious Disease Early Warning System also caught this information the same day.
It is the next day, even though it was New Year’s Day, WHO launched response teams at its headquarters in Geneva and other agencies in China.
The team was aware of the seriousness of the situation at the initial stage.
However, it did not readily issue a public health emergency of international concern” (PHEIC).
In the meantime, the infection continued to spread.
On January 9, the first deaths occurred in Wuhan.
On January 13, it confirmed the first case outside of China in Thailand.
The virus quickly spread to Europe and the United States.
WHO convened an emergency committee on January 22 to consider whether to raise an emergency for two days but eventually shelved it.
Tedros, who vehemently opposed the issuance of the declaration, said, “In China, it’s a state of emergency, but it has not become an international emergency,” he explained.
Shortly after the Tedros’ inexplicable declaration postponement, China entered the Chinese New Year, or “Chinese New Year” vacation, on January 24.
It was China’s most significant vacation season, and many Chinese traveled around the world, including the United States.
And on January 30, the last day of the Chinese New Year vacation, the Tedros declared a state of emergency.
Shortly after that, Trump closed the border.
The unanimous view of the world’s experts is that if it had declared a state of emergency on January 22, there would not have been a massive influx of the virus into the United States.
Conversely, during the eight days that Tedros was reluctant to declare a state of emergency, the U.S. was “prepared” for the “worst possible outbreaks and deaths” of the virus.
Initially, there was speculation that Tedros considered Xi Jinping’s expectations of the Spring Festival’s economic benefits.
This article continues.