Three Chinese think tanks have jointly released a report on the United States' fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike a Bloomberg report in June that gave the US top COVID-19-resilience ranking, the think tanks' report, which was released on Monday, said the US' fight against the pandemic has been a failure. The US ranks first in the think tanks' report, too, but in aspects such as failing to control the pandemic, passing the buck, and spreading the disinformation virus.

Those following how the novel coronavirus pandemic has affected lives around the world will know which ranking is reliable. On Aug 3, the US saw 118,000 new infections, the highest since February. By Monday, when the think tanks' report was released, the total numbers of infections and deaths in the US had crossed 35.75 million, and 616,000 respectively.

Do those who gave the US top ranking for fighting COVID-19 have a conscience?

Despite their failure to contain the pandemic, US politicians have been hyping up the virus origin tracing issue in order to demonize China. It is they who have put their selfish interests above everything else, and even debated on issues such as whether wearing a face mask or getting a jab is necessary.

Worse, they have been spreading false information about the virus, misleading and pressuring international organizations to conduct a second virus origin tracing "investigation" in China, thus weakening the global efforts to prevent another pandemic in the future.

As for the US Federal Reserve, its easy money policy has led to high inflation in some economies, making the lives of people more difficult.

Hours before the think tanks' report was released, US National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins said on ABC's This Week, "Yes, we are failing."

These are the people who know what is really happening in the US. It is time US politicians faced the facts and took measures to save lives, instead of turning a blind eye to the grim situation in the US and continuing to politicize the virus.