Damascus-Sana
Criticism continues throughout the US for the manner in which the administration of President Donald Trump has dealt with the Corona pandemic and its delay in taking measures to confront the outbreak of this epidemic, which reached the number of people affected throughout America to more than one million and 450 thousand people, in addition to the death of about 90 thousand others, which is the largest outcome of injuries and deaths in The most powerful global economy.
White House Economic Adviser Peter Navarro criticized in an interview with the American "NBC" channel, the performance of the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control in the United States due to its delay in conducting tests and tests of the emerging corona virus, which led to widespread virus outbreaks in the United States. "At the beginning of the crisis, the centers of disease prevention and control that enjoy great respect in the world in this field have already failed," pointing out that these centers produced a bad type of examination, which led to a great delay in the diagnosis of cases.
The American "World Meter" website for statistics revealed that public laboratories in the United States and private ones did not have the permission to develop and distribute their own tests, and this was only authorized as of February 29, after the announcement of the first death caused by the emerging corona virus in the United States, where it was strengthened The country then has its capabilities in the field of examination, but it has not yet lived up to the required level in this field, as those who have undergone tests so far represent only 4 percent of the population, and thus are ranked 39th in the world in terms of the rate of examinations after Italy, Spain and Russia.
Former health official Rick Bright, who was fired due to concerns about the willingness to combat the Coronavirus, warned that the United States may face the worst winter of the modern era unless it improves its response to the pandemic, stressing that the United States still lacks a comprehensive plan to provide stocks of essential supplies. Such as smears necessary to conduct tests to detect the Corona virus.
In the context of criticism directed at the Trump administration for the Corona pandemic crisis, former US President Barack Obama criticized Trump's approach to dealing with the spread of the Corona pandemic in the United States, which reached the level of danger that made it ranked first globally in terms of the number of infections and deaths in the virus, as he said during a virtual graduation ceremony for university students An American woman yesterday, "First of all ... this epidemic finally ended the idea that our officials know what they are doing, and that a number of them are not even trying to pretend they are responsible."
American media reported that Obama, in private conversations with former aides, described the Trump administration's handling of the epidemic crisis as "catastrophic and utter chaos", saying that Trump's approach was a major reason for the poor way the United States has responded to the virus outbreak.
The global media can no longer hide the deficiencies in the way this administration deals with the risks exposed by this disease in the United States, despite the economic and health potentials available to it, while news reports indicate that America is ranked 39th in terms of the rate of conducting tests to detect the Corona virus.
The British Independent newspaper confirmed in an article written by Patrick Cockburn on May 16 that the United States and Britain are considered the worst globally in dealing with the Corona virus pandemic under the Trump administration and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, where the death toll in both countries due to the pandemic constituted more than a third of the deaths in the world and paid Citizens of the two countries price the slow and inefficient response to their governments in the face of the epidemic.
And the Washington Post newspaper confirmed last April that Trump is playing a terrible role through daily news briefings about the spread of the Corona virus in the United States, especially in light of the slow handling of his administration with this epidemic, noting that Trump's continuous goal is to confirm that he is not responsible in any way from Conditions on this nightmare, including any defect in his administration’s response to it, and that all failures are attached to previous administrations, Democrats, governors, the media, and so on.
Tehama Al-Saeedi
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