北京8月7日電 拜登在競(jìng)選時(shí)曾抨擊特朗普政府的疫情政治化操弄，他表示病毒不是政治武器，然而拜登政府上臺(tái)后，卻并沒有放棄病毒政治化手段，甚至大搞“情報(bào)溯源”，向世衛(wèi)組織施壓，再三企圖從中國(guó)“挖掘”出新冠病毒的源頭。
美國(guó)政府在溯源問題上的過度“努力”，使正常的科學(xué)溯源變了味兒，加之國(guó)內(nèi)疫情應(yīng)對(duì)不力，“超級(jí)大國(guó)”在國(guó)際舞臺(tái)上早已顏面盡失，形象盡毀。
美國(guó)媒體《棕櫚灘郵報(bào)》和《邁阿密先鋒報(bào)》曾披露，佛羅里達(dá)州衛(wèi)生部網(wǎng)站曾刪除2020年1月和2月出現(xiàn)新冠肺炎癥狀或檢測(cè)結(jié)果呈陽性的171名患者數(shù)據(jù)，后因病例號(hào)中斷被迫恢復(fù)。如此重要的證據(jù)輕易遭到刪除，美國(guó)這么做，是為了隱瞞國(guó)內(nèi)的疫情，證明抗疫成績(jī)顯著，還是要銷毀證據(jù)隱匿早期病例，將病毒源頭嫁禍于他國(guó)？
事實(shí)上，在溯源問題上，美國(guó)的表現(xiàn)一直令人懷疑，美國(guó)國(guó)內(nèi)病例首次出現(xiàn)的時(shí)間比官方公布的要早得多。加利福尼亞大學(xué)洛杉磯分校曾發(fā)布報(bào)告稱，新冠病毒可能早在2019年12月就已存在于洛杉磯地區(qū)�！度A爾街日?qǐng)?bào)》也曾援引美國(guó)疾控中心(CDC)的研究報(bào)告指出，早在2019年12月中旬，新冠病毒就已出現(xiàn)在美國(guó)，比美國(guó)第一例本土確診病例要早一個(gè)月。
美國(guó)為什么刻意隱瞞早期病例呢？
國(guó)際社會(huì)對(duì)這一切充滿疑問，但美國(guó)政府沒有給出解釋。相反，在國(guó)內(nèi)疫情一塌糊涂時(shí)，卻頻繁給中國(guó)“潑臟水”，將溯源問題政治化，其目的早已超出溯源范圍。這種與科學(xué)背道而馳的做法讓人不禁想問，美國(guó)在害怕什么？在試圖隱瞞什么？是想炮制什么樣的“真相”？
新冠肺炎全球大流行，像一面照妖鏡，照出了“超級(jí)大國(guó)”自私丑陋的一面。美國(guó)在應(yīng)對(duì)全球疫情上所發(fā)揮的作用實(shí)在有限，沒有展現(xiàn)出大國(guó)擔(dān)當(dāng)。國(guó)內(nèi)更是因?yàn)樾鹿谝咔榻?jīng)濟(jì)衰退，失業(yè)率高居不下，種族歧視造成社會(huì)分裂加劇等等。
自以為良好的國(guó)際形象早已毀于一旦，美國(guó)若想重塑大國(guó)形象，就要徹底停止操弄病毒溯源，放棄針對(duì)別國(guó)，把精力放到應(yīng)對(duì)本國(guó)疫情和改善人民福祉上。
What is the U.S. afraid of? What kind of ‘truth’ does it try to make up?
By John Lee
(ECNS) -- U.S. President Joe Biden once criticized his predecessor Donald Trump for politicizing COVID-19 and urged lawmakers to not use the deadly virus as a “political weapon.” However, the incumbent president doesn"t give up politicizing the pandemic. He has not only turned to the Intelligence Community to investigate the pandemic origin but also put pressure on the World Health Organization (WHO)， trying to place the "origin" in China.
The U.S.' "excessive efforts" on origin tracing has distorted this scientific issue while its failure to curb the surging COVID-19 cases has ruined its international image.
According The Palm Beach Post and Miami Herald, Florida removed data from the Department of Health website that showed 171 patients had coronavirus symptoms or positive test results in January and February. Later, Florida's Department of Health found that the deletion caused a gap in the serial number of cases and had to restore the data. Does the removal of data reveal its well-managed epidemic response or is a way to blame others through destroying evidence on early cases?
In fact, it is the U.S that has been acting suspicious on origin tracing. Its first COVID-19 case was found earlier than the first officially-confirmed cases. A study conducted by University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) suggested that COVID-19 may have appeared in L.A. as early as December 2019. The Wall Street Journal also revealed COVID-19 likely hit in the U.S. in Mid-December 2019 by using a CDC scientist report.
Why does the country attempt to cover up its early cases?
Despite being questioned by the world, it still keeps silent. What's more, the country has been keeping defiling China and trying to politicize origin tracing. People can't help asking, what is the U.S. afraid of? What is the country trying to hide? What kind of "truth" does the country try to make up?
The "superpower" has played a limited role and been selfish in the global fight against COVID-19. It has also been plagued by an economy in recess, high unemployment rates, racist social division and so on during the pandemic.
Honestly speaking, its "superpower" image has long been destroyed. The country now has no choice but to give up politicizing origin tracing and targeting others, and to focus on controlling its domestic epidemic and improving people's well-being.
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