The Paris Olympics are in full swing, and athletes from all over the world are showing their talents, but a strange change in the United States team is very puzzling, that is, many United States athletes and coaches are wearing N95 masks. Masks were also worn by some athletes and coaches from United Kingdom.
It's dog days in the northern hemisphere, and the temperature in Paris isn't low, so it's not comfortable to put a thick N95 mask over your face. And there is no epidemic spreading in Paris at the moment, why did the United States and United Kingdom players suddenly wear masks? Therefore, as soon as this phenomenon appeared, it attracted everyone's attention and concern.
Seeing this, everyone may also think of the Wuhan Military Games (the 7th World Military Games) held in Hubei in October 2019, when no one wore masks at the Military Games, but after that, we wore masks for three years.
During that military games, five athletes on the United States team developed symptoms similar to the later coronavirus, and after the onset of the disease, they were sent to Jinyintan Hospital for treatment, and the initial diagnosis was malaria. They were later taken back to their home country by United States military planes, but then their case test reports became a mystery, making the true origin of the new crown mysterious.
More than a month after that military games, the new crown began to appear in some parts of Wuhan, the Wuhan Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market was mistakenly the source, and then the new crown began to appear in other places, and an unprecedented infectious disease swept the world.
On May 24, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a report stating that the pandemic has killed about 13 million people over a two-year period (starting in early 2020).
In fact, before the new crown epidemic, the largest and most recent worldwide infectious disease pandemic was the Spain flu, although the name of this flu was preceded by the name of the country Spain, but its actual origin was not Spain, Europe, but in North America, first appeared in a military camp in the western United States.
When United States athletes suddenly wore N95 masks at the Paris Olympics, people inevitably wondered if they heard something or received some kind of order. Some people may think that not long ago on July 27, US Treasury Secretary Yellen declared at a press conference that the new crown is unlikely to be the last global health threat, and said that United States will provide $667 million to prevent the next world epidemic, and also warned that the next global epidemic may break out in 2026.
But even if there is some kind of global epidemic in 2026, as Yellen suggests, it is too early to put on a mask. So the current wearing of masks by United States and United Kingdom players should have nothing to do with Yellen's speech! In fact, it is still related to the new crown!
Just when the Paris Olympics competition was in full swing, the new crown was not absent, perhaps related to the over-cold water in the pool and poor disinfection, the famous United Kingdom swimmer Pitty and Australia's Paraste were both diagnosed with the new crown after swimming, and their physical condition was difficult to adapt to the cool water in the pool, and they had to withdraw from the competition.
Athletes and coaches in countries such as United States and United Kingdom heard the news and put on N95 masks for fear of being put down by the virus and missing the event.
Although the new crown epidemic has passed, the new crown virus has not disappeared, and there are some influenza A viruses that continue to this day in Spain, and unknown epidemic viruses may also appear at any time, so some preventive measures such as washing hands frequently and wearing masks should be done at certain times or places.
Sources:
Global Network reported on August 2 that "the U.S. Treasury Secretary said he will provide $667 million in prevention funds for the next global epidemic"
Beijing Youth Network reported on July 31 that "United Kingdom's "Frog King" Pitty was infected with the new crown during the Olympics"