美国新冠疫情日记07/08/2020

We Cannot Swim Against The Tide Of History

The U.S. government announced yesterday a temporary exemption for non-immigrant students taking online classes due to the coronavirus pandemic. Starting with the Fall 2020 semester,  F-1 and M-1 student attending schools operating entirely online may not take a full online course load and remain in the United States. The State Department will not issue visas to student enrolled in schools that are fully online.

At the same time, the White House also announced that the U.S. government has formally withdrawn from the World Health Organization.

We are so angry and don’t understand why at such a critical pandemic time we are cutting ties with and getting out of WHO! The coronavirus is a worldwide problem. We still have our own people suffering all over the country. We can blame other countries, but this is almost six months of suffering with the virus and the federal government has no effective measure to stop it. We should work with WHO and the all countries to find a solution. Not just abandon and leave. Is this the America that is still the leader of the world? We have almost reached close to three million confirmed cases now and what are we going to do?

We need your support to write a letter to the White House, to sign a petition to our government to express our anger and anxiety.

Dear Brothers and Sisters -This is the time we all need to wake up. We cannot swim against the tide of history.

           我们走在历史的逆流  反对驱返留美学生

联邦国土安全部昨日宣佈，在美国留学及已获得F1 学生签证之所有外国学生，如果上的是网路课程之大学，他们将被驱逐回国，得到签证者也无法来美，在此同时，川普政府也正式照会联合国，美国将从即日起退出世界卫生组织。

这些举措让我们质问这种毫无人道的做法，我们还是人权自由的国家吗？

在我们的群体中，许多人都是经由留学方式到了美国，在此落叶生根，奉献终生，我们对美国科技、经济带来的贡献是巨大的，今天政府要实施这种赶尽杀绝之杀手锏，我们是坚决反对。

在同一时间，川普总统也正式宣布美国要退出联合国属下的国际卫生组织，在此世界各国遭到新冠病毒虐肆之时， 这项决定到底是为什么？我们已经有近三百万人感染，未来之人数一定更多，十多万人丧命，难道他们不是我们的同胞兄弟姐妹吗？这种毫无人性又拿不出对策的政府，难道我们还能忍受吗？

我们呼吁大家向白宫表达愤怒和不满，也更希望大家签名致电白宫，表达对海内海外留学生之支持，大家更要体认到事态之严重性，我们决不能走在历史的逆流中。