The China Society for Human Rights Studies on Thursday issued an article titled "The COVID-19 Pandemic Magnifies the Crisis of 'U.S.-Style Human Rights,'" denouncing the U.S. government's self-interested and irresponsible response to the pandemic.

Noting the number of confirmed cases in the U.S. surpassed two million with more than 110,000 deaths, the article pointed out that the U.S. government's "self-interested, short-sighted, inefficient, and irresponsible response to the pandemic has caused the tragedy."

The article attributed the outbreak of COVID-19 in the U.S. to the government's negligence and its capital-prioritized mandate, which have pushed the people of the U.S. to the edge of infection and death.

It referred to reports published by Time magazine which claimed that 90 percent of the deaths were due to the delayed adoption of social distancing policies, calling the grave loss a failure of U.S. democracy.

Instead of prioritizing the life and health of Americans, U.S. politicians politicized the pandemic by using it to attack their rivals and seek political advantages from it, the article said.

"It has exposed the long-existing and now deteriorating problems in the United States, such as a divisive society, the polarization between the rich and the poor, racial discrimination, and the inadequate protection of the rights and interests of vulnerable groups," read the article.

"This has led the American people into grave human rights disasters," it read.

Regarding the worsening racial inequality in the U.S., the article also pointed out that the number of racist remarks and crimes against Chinese and ethnic Asians as the whole have spiked in the U.S. since the outbreak started. The increasing racist attacks, according to the article, have escalated the tension and are tearing apart U.S. society.

Instead of putting all its efforts into epidemic prevention, the U.S. government chose to play blame games and scapegoat China and the WHO in an attempt to shift attention and anger. This behavior has posed a severe threat to people's life and health and has also caused serious damage to international cooperation.

(Cover: A homeless man sits next to a shopping cart with a sign that reads "Exit" as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., April 8, 2020. Reuters)