Capitalism on a Ventilator: The Impact of COVID-19 in China & the U.S.

The book, Capitalism on a Ventilator, edited by Sara Flounders and Lee Siu Hin, which has been banned by the Web’s largest bookseller, presents the reader with the truth of the Covid19 epidemic and its impact on both China and America. In this text the authors compare and contrast the values and efficiency of the platforms employed by the American political system to address the pandemic with those of the Chinese government. This is a century old challenge attempting to determine which system performed best under the stress of Covid19 in saving lives and preserving the economy. It is interesting to note that American capitalism borrowed socialist methodologies to quickly distribute relief to families and businesses to prevent runaway bankruptcy as they mandated a lockdown. From his initial praise for Chinese leadership in confronting the virus, by the Spring of 2020 President Trump changed his position and openly blamed China for the virus, threatening to bring legal action for any damages and liability. By the end of 2020 Trump was openly professing a Right-Wing radio fabrication that the virus was somehow leaked from a Wuhan laboratory in China, thereby causing the pandemic. This “theory” was summarily dismissed by Dr. Anthony Fauci, other medical professionals, and even multiple US intelligence departments. However, as a shamanistic leader Mr. Trump went on to advocate for voodoo medicine for protecting the people as he labeled Covid19 as a “China/Wuhan/ Kung Flu virus.” Nevertheless, God played a joke on him as he became personally infected with the virus on the Chinese National Day of October 1! Overall, this book presents the reader with a sobering enlightenment on truth and reality. Early last year, biased media sarcastically painted a bleak picture for China’s response to the virus. Accordingly, they posited that China would be unable to medically handle such a mass infection, subsequent Chinese deaths would skyrocket, and the Chinese citizenry would stage an uprising leading to the eventual collapse of its communist government. However, this fantasy failed to materialize and instead the American failure to be in a position to quickly respond to the virus and protect its citizenry led to what is today a USA death toll of over six hundred thousand lives. The unfortunate Wuhan lab leak, if and however it may have occurred, was a medical issue that became highly politicized instead of resulting in an intelligent and scientific probe into the origins of the virus largely due to the recycled false allegations from Trump and company. All this in spite of the fact that in January 2020 China alerted major international scientific bodies about the eruption of a dangerous new virus and heavily promoted taking immediate and basic precautions to stop the spread. But out of ignorance and bigotry American politicians and corporate media ridiculed and ignored these warnings. With medical equipment in short supply, would Trump simply let the most venerable senior citizens die? It was a cold blood possibility akin to murder which ironically was occurring in the States, which touts itself as a human rights moral champion. On the pages of this book the reader learns what Trump et al do not want you to know and comprehend. The authors highlight his miserable transfer of guilt away from his own inactions thereby allowing readers to develop an understanding of the true reality of the lackluster state of American politics and its resulting medical inadequacies. Why should we believe that Americans have the best healthcare system in the world when under Trump they have the highest death toll caused by the Covid pandemic? And under Trump his followers ramped up a policy of racist accusations, military encirclement, trade war and sanctions against China rather than spearheading a global cooperation of testing, vaccine development, and providing PPE supplies worldwide. In short, America chose competition, profit, and a military build-up r