美国单日确诊70万例！拜登对25位州长开会摊牌：联邦政府能力有限，抗疫靠你们自己！（附视频&演讲稿）
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当地时间30日，美国约翰斯·霍普金斯大学数据显示，美国累计新冠肺炎确诊病例达54215085例，累计死亡病例824052例，与24小时前相比，日增确诊超过70万，达到708082例，创疫情暴发以来的最高纪录。另据路透社报道，美国卫生专家30日预测，未来一个月，美国恐将遭受新冠病毒奥密克戎毒株带来的严重冲击，呼吁民众为未来几周的严重混乱做好准备。
据报道，明尼苏达大学传染病专家奥斯特霍姆表示，“我们将看到全国病例数量急剧上升，我们将很难维持日常生活的运作。”他还称，“接下来一个月(美国)将遭遇病毒‘暴风雪’，社会各个方面都将承受压力。”美国国家过敏症和传染病研究所所长福奇也在近日表示，在2022年1月，美国的新增病例数可能都会处在上升状态。
美国有关于疫情的各项数据，不单是刷高了本国的记录，更是达到世界之最。
这边美国在刷记录，那边拜登倒是也不着急。近日美国总统拜登在同各州州长的视频会议时明确表示：联邦政府能力有限，抗疫大局还是要“仰仗地方”。
在这场“闭门会议”中，有25位州长参加，意味着拜登当着美国一半诸侯的面承认了联邦政府“无能为力”这个事实。
拜登的表态，立即引起大部分美国民众的不适、质疑与反对。不少人纷纷指出，这与拜登在参加总统竞选时的说辞全然不一。更有人担心，拜登会不会像特朗普一样消极防疫？
其实拜登上台以来，对待疫情的态度倒也强硬。今年以来，白宫不止一次地最大程度地推动自己的行政特权，其中包括部分人群的疫苗强制接种令、公共场合必须佩戴口罩的禁令等。
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THE PRESIDENT: A lot of govs. We ready?
MR. ZIENTS: We are ready. Governors, can you hear me okay?
Welcome, Mr. President. This is actually the 40th time we’ve convened this group of governors, and we’re — in addition, we’re in constant one-on-one contact with the governors and their teams.
THE PRESIDENT: That’s more times than I’ve seen you.
MR. ZIENTS: Their leadership on the ground — they are on the frontline, as you know — has been essential to the progress we’ve made so far.
I’m going to turn to Governor Hutchinson, who has done an outstanding job as chair of the National Governors Association, leading this group and ensuring we’re all working together every step of the way.
Over to you, Governor Hutchinson.
GOVERNOR HUTCHINSON: Thank you, Jeff. And I want to thank all of the White House team for being such great support to the governors.
And I want to thank, Mr. President — your address to the nation last week. Thank you for your comments designed to de-politicize our COVID response. I think that was helpful.
As we face Omicron, the governors and your administration must be working together more closely than ever. I particularly appreciate your comments about increasing the supply chain on rapid COVID tests. This has become a real challenge for the governors.
And your task force, led by Jeff Zients, has been responsive and has kept us informed every step of the way. A good example is this last week: I asked for more monoclonal antibody treatments; we received them last week. Still, we have a limited supply, but the responsiveness is very much appreciated.
I would like to give you a glimpse of Arkansas today. First, hospitalizations are down by half from where they were this time last year, but our Omicron case count and the demand for testing has increased. In Arkansas, we have a test-to-stay school program that’s a pilot in 50 schools. We want to expand that, and right now we have sufficient tests to be able to do that.
But we also, as governors, are getting pressure to do more, and the need is great to do more in terms of the rapid tests and the availability of it. And so, one word of concern or encouragement for your team is that as the — as you look towards federal solutions that will help alleviate the challenge, make sure that we do not let federal solutions stand in the way of state solutions.
And the — the production of 500 million rapid tests that will be distributed by the federal government is great, but, obviously, that dries up the supply chain for the solutions that we might offer as governor.
And so, just that brief comment before I turn it over to you, Mr. President.
But I want to say, personally, I’ve enjoyed working with you when I was in Congress as head of the DEA. And I appreciate your leadership. And thank you so much for giving us the time today to hear from us, but also so that we can hear from you personally about the challenge that we face.
So, Mr. President, the microphone is yours. Thank you, President Biden.
THE PRESIDENT: Asa — thank you very much, Asa. Look, there is no federal solution. This gets solved at a state level. I’m looking at Governor Sununu on the board here. He talks about that a lot.
And then it ultimately gets down to where the rubber meets the road, and that’s where the patient is in need of help or preventing the need for help.
Look, Gov, thank you for — for what you’re doing. Thank you for the National Governors Association and Vice Chair Murphy across the river. All’s well in New Jersey, I assume, Gov. And —
GOVERNOR MURPHY: Amen, Mr. President.
THE PRESIDENT: — and here today, Democrats and Republicans.
We’ve discussed the rising COVID cases, especially coming out of the holidays. And as — as I said last week, Omicron is a source of concern, but it should not be a source of panic. If you’re fully vaccinated and you get your booster shot, you’re highly protected. If you’re unvaccinated, you’re at a high risk of getting severely ill from COVID-19, being hospitalized, and, in rare cases, even dying.
And this is not like March of 2020, the beginning of the pandemic. We’re prepared and we know what it takes to save lives, protect people, and keep schools and businesses open. We just have to stay focused and continue to work together.
My message to the governors is simple: If you need something, say something — and we — we’re going to have your back in any way we can.
Last week, we took steps to bolster support for you with, number one, more capacity to get shots in arms, with more places, more vaccinators, more times for folks to get vaccinated or get a booster shot. And we’ve added appointments for booster shots, adding hours, and getting more convenient to get a booster every day.
The second thing we’re doing is more testing. Seeing how tough it was for some folks to get a test this weekend shows that we have more work to do, and we’re doing it.
First, let’s talk about how we got here. When I took office 10 months into — we were 10 months into the pandemic and, even so, we had no — zero — over-the-counter home tests in the United States. None. And if you — and if you wanted to get one — to get a test, you had to go to a clinic or a drugstore to have someone give you the test. And that was — there were very few places to go.
So, we got to work. We quadrupled the number of pharmacies offering free tests, and there are now more than 20,000 places where you can get tested for free. At many locations, you can book an appointment online in advance to minimize your wait.
We’ve worked with Google so you can now search “COVID tests near me” on Google to find a location.
And now, I know the lines have gotten very long in some states. That’s why I ordered FEMA to set up pop-up sites in places with high demand to shorten the wait. We stood up six new sites in New York City in five days, and there are more coming.
For over-the-counter, at-home test, as I said, there — there were none when we took office. None. Now we have eight on the market. And just three days ago, another test was cleared. We went from no over-the-counter tests in January to 46 million in October, 100 million in November, and almost 200 million in December.
But it’s not enough. It’s clearly not enough. If I had — we had known, we would have gone harder, quicker if we could have.
Because of steps we have been taking to increase the number of authorized tests, we’re now able to purchase 500 million at-home rapid tests to be sent to the American people for free when they request it.
And we’re going to continue to use the Defense Production Act to produce as many tests as possible.
And starting in two weeks, private insurance will reimburse you for the cost of at-home tests. We’re providing access to free tests for folks who don’t have insurance. But we have to do more. We have to do better, and we will.
The third point I’d like to make is: more support for your hospitals. On hospitalizations, let me start with this: Because we have had so many vaccinated and boosted, we’re not seeing hospitalization rise as sharply as we did in March of 2020 or even this past fall. Americans — America has made progress. Things are better.
But we do know that with a rise in cases, we still have tens of millions of unvaccinated people and we’re seeing hospitalizations rise. It means our hospitals in some places are going to get overrun, but in terms of equipment — both in terms of equipment and staff. That’s why we stockpiled and prepositioned millions of gowns, gloves, masks, and ventilators. We’re mobilizing an additional 1,000 military doctors and nurses and medics to help staff hospitals.
FEMA is deploying hundreds of ambulances and EMS crews to transport patients. We’ve already deployed emergency response teams in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, Vermont, New Hampshire, and New Mexico. We’re ready to provide more hospital beds as well.
The bottom line is: We want to assure the American people that we’re prepared. We know what it takes. And as a — as this group of bipartisan governors has shown, we’re going to get through it by working together.
I want to thank the governors for their partnership, and I mean that sincerely.
With that, I’d like to — to turn it back over to Jeff. And I understand you guys may have some questions.
Jeff.
MR. ZIENTS: Good. I think we’re going to clear the press first. Just give us a minute, Governors, while we —
Q Mr. President, do you support the minimizing of the quarantine period from 10 days to 5 as the airline groups have recommended?
THE PRESIDENT: I listen to my medical team. When I get a recommendation, I follow it.
以单日新增70万例的数据，现在拜登的“业绩”可远远超出特朗普，按照他自己的说法还有资格担任美国总统吗？从近几个月，拜登的支持率低迷就能看出，不少人已经后悔让拜登当选总统了。
对于社会日益严重的疫情，拜登似乎置若罔闻。他在12月29日还通过社交媒体发表年终总结，甚至说“美国在前进”。底下有不少网友讽刺道：“你说的是在疫情的道路上前进吗？”
拜登不断吹嘘自己所作出的经济成就，却忽略了现在美国已经深陷严重的通货膨胀当中。美国社会的贫富差距正在进一步拉大，而纳税主体的中产阶级也在进一步被掏空。从这个角度来看，现在的美国真有点外强中干的意思。
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