Bloomberg recently published its latest COVID Resilience Ranking, seemingly taking only a couple of indicators into consideration to jump to a hilariously irrational conclusion that the U.S. outcompetes all other countries in showing remarkable resilience in its fight against COVID-19.  

Just as the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said, the so-called COVID Resilience Ranking doesn't respect science and life. In order to catapult the U.S. to the top, Bloomberg had no scruples in striking out indicators such as the number of confirmed cases and fatalities, the most crucial ones in previous rankings. It also regards lockdown and entry and exit quarantine management policies as negative factors. The patently skewed positioning has elicited much ridicule from netizens.

The report said the agile rollout of the U.S. messenger RNA vaccine stemmed the world's worst outbreak. However, last autumn, the daily confirmed cases and death toll of which country petrified the world?

Many people questioned the logic behind the ranking when commenting on Bloomberg's tweet:

It could be seen that their words were replete with satire and despair. There's nothing we can do but shrug.

Yes, we also want to figure out the logic behind their illogical ranking.

One can still recall the days when having failed at controlling the pandemic, the U.S. government went out of its way to blame and smear China to divert attention, ignoring the advice from the World Health Organization and the global scientific community.

As the virus spread rapidly, rumors, conspiracy theories and misinformation campaigns overwhelmed the world. CGTN Cartoon designed a whack-a-mole-style satire to hit those annoying rumormongers.

From the Trump administration to Biden's, it's been over a year but none of these voices could present any evidence. The reality was a slap in the face.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the science community has been dedicated to tracing the origins of the virus. The World Health Organizations said it was "extremely unlikely" for the virus to have leaked from a lab. But the U.S. refused to buy that, and repeatedly distorted truth and veered the research work into a "political quagmire."

As the COVID-19 lab leak conspiracy theory gets another Western push, can the scientific community defend the truth against it?

Back to the ranking, sharp-sighted people must make their own fair judgments. And Bloomberg's pro-U.S. ranking should be seen for what it is – a laughing stock.

Credits: 

Editor: Yuan Xin

Senior producer: Wei Wei 

Managing director: Mei Yan

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