Lus: In just a few months, a microorganism exposed the dark side of the British and American arrogance.It will take a long time to eliminate the damage to the image of the two countries.

Recalling Ronald Reagan and Margaret Bull; Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s to accelerate the glory of the Soviet Union, it takes a bit.The picture of that victory is like yesterday.It was the breath of another era.But this strength is worth it.

The United States and Britain's bad response to the epidemic of new coronary virus pneumonia (COVID-19, that is, the 2019 coronary virus) epidemic, can partially attribute to the proud MDASH in the Cold War era; MDASH; both countries believe that nothing else needs them in other countries in the world.Study.In just a few months, a microorganism was exposed to the dark side of the British and American arrogance.To eliminate the damage to the image of the two countries, it may grow much.

This matter is the easiest to explain the chart.Except for Sweden, the European countries successfully flattened the infection curve in May.European countries have been taking careful measures to keep the curve slow.Most East Asian countries have done this in April.

In the United States, the curve has never been flattened, but half of the country has given up trying.Britain eventually flattened the curve in June, and its diseasen rate had previously reached the second in the world (the seventh in the United States, and the ranking is still rising).According to its consistent approach, Britain mobilized the public to fight the new crown with a Churchill -style speech.In fact, the United Kingdom has thrown caution to the clouds, and people have poured into beaches, streets and airports.

It takes many years to establish a corporate brand, but it may only take a moment to destroy the brand.National brands in the United States and Britain are the result of several centuries of operations.Confidently make them more willing to afford risks than non -English democratic countries such as Germany, Spain, France, Japan, and Italy.But this has worse consequences.Each non -English -speaking democracy mentioned above is related to the live memory of defeat, occupation, revolution and failure.

State recognition makes the United States and the United Kingdom distinguish between other English democratic countries.The model Australia and New Zealand, which effectively fight against the new crowns, are relatively young countries. They did not barely get rid of the cultural inferiority of British mothers until recently.The image of Canada's country is associated with the United States.

The performance of these three English democratic countries proves that the Anglo-Saxon culture is too personal and difficult to comply with social distance stipulation.If New Zealanders and Australians can wear masks, Americans and British can also.The stereotypes of the people of English countries have never included ignoring common sense.The true difference between the United States and Britain and other democratic countries is too confident.Five hundred years of brief history told Britain and the United States that victory is destined to belong to them.This blinds the two countries and let them see how other countries in the world are painful and more and more ridiculous to look at them.

The pride will be defeated.What are the remedies?Just as people can learn from their mistakes, the state can also go out of the time of excessive self -confidence.Some scholars have compared the prematurely relaxing social distance from the United States and Britain to test the marshmallow test that failed to pass Stanford University.The test provides two options for 5 -year -old children: one is to eat one marshmallow now, and the other is to eat two marshmallows a few minutes.Most children choose to eat one sugar now.Subsequent studies have shown that children who have against the temptation are much more successful in adult life.This conclusion is also applicable to the destiny of our economy during the epidemic period.

Society, which has been following guidance, has returned to a semi -normal state and has not triggered a new round of infection.The area where the epidemic broke out again quickly took blockade measures.Children have returned to the campus in Denmark, Germany, and other countries that have taken early blockade.Regions like Taiwan have never been necessary to close schools.It seems that Britain and the United States show that they must choose one of the blockade and economic growth.In fact, patience is rewarded.Public health and economic growth are complementary.The more effective the blockade measures, the more confident you can restart the economy.

This is the conclusion observed by other countries.Donald Bull; Donald Trump called on American schools to reopen now.However, he was unwilling to consider the benefits of detecting, tracking contacts and maintaining social distance mdash; MDASH; all these measures can make a faster restart and safer.Buls Bull; Boris Johnson's signals are not much better than this.British bars are crowded again.Wearing a mask has not yet become a convention.The test is still expensive.Neither leader of the two countries can resist the temptation of marshmallow in front of them.I don't know if Trump and Johnson cannot understand what the best way is, or they deliberately ignored it.The results are as bad anyway.

The United States and Britain are abandoning the traditions that make themselves envy.The most important of these is the common sense.

Translator/He Li