In fact, since the so-called flu in 2019, COVID-19 has been epidemic in the United States, and in just one month from March to early April, 21 million people in the United States applied for unemployment benefits, and the unemployment rate reached more than 32%.

In order to save the market and stimulate the economy, the authorities of the United States not only gave relief funds to the people, but also allowed the unemployed to apply for unemployment benefits, small business relief funds, and so on.

This is despite the fact that federal authorities have given $1,200 per person to all registered citizens (tax filers and status). But the common people still feel that it is not enough to spend.

Because the rent in most parts of the country is too high, the relief money received by the people is not enough for half of their rent, not to mention the monthly living expenses of the unemployed.

Due to the outbreak of the pandemic, nearly a third of tenants were unable to pay their rent in April.

Less than 1 percent of Lin's low-rent apartments on Manhattan's West Side, rentals in the East Bronx, other rentable properties, and all of his shops paid their rent on time during the days from April 1 to April 10.

And most of these rent payers are Chinese tenants of low-rent housing.

The people of the United States do not have the habit of saving money like the Chinese, and the money is spent immediately, and the ordinary people have very little cash in their hands after paying their bills for the month, and the sudden unemployment makes them immediately cut off all financial resources.

However, the first batch of people who received the relief money must have used automatic transfer from their personal accounts when filing their taxes, and those who paid taxes by check could not get the first batch of relief funds.

Those who encourage everyone to apply for unemployment benefits are probably white-collar workers or intellectuals who are good at English and are in the middle class, and ordinary people do not know how to apply online, and there are especially many people who call in to apply.

When you finally get through the phone and go to the last step, you will be automatically hung up because of too many people online, and there are only a few people who can call in.

There are also those so-called $10,000 relief for small business owners who have the same problem, either they can't do it themselves, or it is very troublesome to apply.

Many people have reminded that wool harvesting needs to be cautious, because the money you get this year will definitely be spit back when you file your taxes next year.

What's even more ridiculous is that some people in the United States, after receiving $600 a week in unemployment benefits, think that they can earn more income at home if they are unemployed than when they go to work, and would rather be unemployed at home than return to work.

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The impact of this epidemic on the United States is not only economic, but also various social contradictions will erupt one after another during the epidemic.

The gap between the rich and the poor, racial discrimination, unemployment, bankruptcy, and the collapse of social order were followed by social unrest.

Because of the outbreak of the epidemic, those people in the United States who have never had the awareness of saving money or have no way to save money at all have no money to pay not only the bills of the current month, but also the bills of the previous month, and even the previous month and the next month.

Coupled with the stupid President X's blind dumping and incitement to ethnic hatred.

Those Americans who have a hole in their brains and hate the rich are deeply rooted, but they dare not do anything to the rich, and then see the Chinese in the United States who can save money and make money, it has undoubtedly become their punching bag.

Many Chinese people are inexplicably abused by foreigners when shopping in large shopping malls such as costco or Target, and some even do not allow Chinese people to go in to shop.

A few words of scolding is a trivial matter, just walk away with your head stuffy, if you are forced into a corner to rob, you can only obediently give everything you have.

The most terrible thing is that when the epidemic hit, these people will not stock up on food, but they will stock up on guns and ammunition!

When the epidemic broke out, most Chinese people would rush to buy food and daily necessities, and those foreigners had a little money to buy guns, so some people once reported that the business of gun shops across the country skyrocketed unprecedentedly.

There is a group of people who take advantage of the closing time of the gun shop at night to go directly to the gun shop to rob!

Many of the Chinese friends Lin Zitan knows in the United States are basically equipped with guns, because there are constant reports of burglaries and robberies in some neighborhoods.

Some robbers will even rush directly into Starbucks, restaurants, 9 cents 9 stores, etc., just to rob the tens of hundreds of dollars in the cash register.

Therefore, even Chinese shops and restaurants that are classified as businessable do not dare to open easily, for fear of the epidemic, and even more afraid of being robbed!

Because of this epidemic, basically all Chinese in the United States are living cautiously and trembling.

Even Andy Yang, a Chinese-American who was going to run for president, said that he was "discriminated against" because of **** when he was shopping in New York in early April: someone looked at him with accusatory eyes.

He also published an article in the Washington Post to share his experience of being discriminated against, and at the same time posted a lot of inappropriate remarks such as "a little ashamed" of being Asian, which was immediately spurned and criticized by Chinese people around the world.

The article also angered ethnic minorities such as Chinese, Japanese, and African-Americans. They criticized Andy Young's views for the opposite.

Instead of pursuing the perpetrators of discrimination, they internalize the stereotype of Asians as "submissive", and are typical "banana people", making excuses for their shameful face of "currying favor with white people".

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Because of the lack of epidemic prevention materials in the United States, the federal authorities have been fooling the people not to wear masks, in fact, as soon as the epidemic broke out, all the epidemic prevention materials were swept away by the public.

Masks, disinfectant, alcohol hand sanitizer has almost become a very scarce resource, and most of the daily necessities in the United States are very dependent on imports, more than 95% of the products you buy on Amazon or any online store are made in China.

At that time, when the domestic epidemic was tense, the United States did not extend a helping hand to the mainland, but out of humanitarian considerations, the Chinese government and Alibaba donated 1,000 ventilators to New York.

While expressing his gratitude, the governor of New York expressed concern that all the protest materials were made in China.

Lao Mei is playing the anti-China card, but on the other hand, he can't get rid of the demand for Made in China in his daily life, and the depression in his heart has nowhere to vent, and can only turn into verbal clamor.

As the governor of New York said, "We need masks, made in China, we need protective clothing, made in China, we need face shields, made in China, we need ventilators, or made in China." In the new stage, we need testing reagents, which are still made in China. ”

In addition, all kinds of small household appliances, computer peripherals, mobile phone accessories, children's toys, school supplies, and almost all the daily necessities that can be seen everywhere are almost made in China.

It can be seen how highly dependent the whole country is on Made in China!

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In the first five days of April, 1,125 people died in New York at home or on the street, an eightfold increase from the number of fire-related deaths in New York City in 2019, and at least 80 percent of New York City virus patients on ventilators died as of April 8.

On April 7, more than 13,000 people died in the United States due to the epidemic. More than 3,200 people died in New York City, more than the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

At this time, Lin Zitan suddenly received a call from Zhang Jing from China.

Alice's father, Joseph, who originally lived alone, suddenly reported that he was infected with the virus and needed urgent help, but because his infection had not reached the point where he needed to use a ventilator, the hospital asked him to self-isolate at home.

"Don't worry, I want to find a way~" Lin Zitan assured Zhang Jing, who was nervous, and Alice, who was crying on the phone.

"What can you do? You don't have anyone in the hospital?" Zhang Jing couldn't help but ask.

"I can only be sent to the Manhattan clinic first, there is still a set of ICU equipment, but I need to contact the emergency doctor in the nursing home as soon as possible, don't worry, I will do my best!"