Yidi Chen ASA002 Week1

As an international student from China, I have deep feelings about the coronavirus. The epidemic situation first happened in  December 2019 in WuHan. No one was paying attention to this virus and the majority of doctors thought it was just normal flu. Besides, there was a massive population flow at the period since the Chinese New Year was coming. When the government realized the gravity of the situation and tried to blockade WuHan City, a ten million level city, it was already too late. People started to panic and all medical masks were sold out in one night. Some people rushed to other places before the closure of the city, being fear of infection. The government soon made the policy that forcing people to stay at home.  One point three billion people hit the stop button at the same time. I couldn't have imagined it before January 22, especially during the traditional Spring Festival, when people visit relatives and friends. Nowadays, fancy signs remind people to stay at home.

From this epidemic, it is really obvious to see the difference between capitalist society and socialism. Given the magnitude of the outbreak of the coronavirus in Wuhan, if the outbreak of the coronavirus had occurred in the United States, the United States government would never have been able to control the outbreak. Although the American system and the Chinese system have their merits and shortcomings which cannot be simply evaluated, but in terms of preventing infectious diseases, the Chinese system absolutely beats the United States. For the U.S. government, the fight against infectious diseases is an economic one. The state cannot do anything at all costs. But for the Chinese government, they can spend billions of money for medical care and build hospitals in 10 days. Not like the United State, instead of decrease the cost of medical treatment or the COVID 19 test, they start printing more and more currency which, in a result, will wreck the economy and make inflation in the future.