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Photo taken on April 27, 2020, shows people posing for a photo with the face masks donated by China's Fujian Province to the U.S. state of Oregon.
Oregon Governor Kate Brown expressed her heartfelt thanks to China on April 28, 2020, for the donation of 50,000 medical face masks from Oregon's sister province ofFujian. (Xinhua)
If mankind is not able to unite against this common invisible enemy, all of mankind will suffer, a U.S. scholar said.
HOUSTON, May 16 (Xinhua) -- International cooperation is crucial to winning the battle against COVID-19 worldwide, U.S. scholars have said.
Brian Lantz, representative of the Schiller Institute in Houston, told Xinhua in a recent interview that starting from the outbreak, Chinese and American doctors and researchers have cooperated in sharing information and knowledge.
A screenshot of Brian Lantz, representative of the Schiller Institute in Houston, and the recent report about him on the website of LaRouchePAC. (Xinhua)
"If now the countries with the two largest economies were to collaborate and coordinate in an all-around way, we could together be of great help to all of our brothers and sisters, particularly the most vulnerable in the Southern Hemisphere," he said.
Jon R. Taylor, political science professor and department chair at the University of Texas at San Antonio, agreed that there is already a lot of global cooperation, transparent sharing of scientific information on experimental testing and findings, and a willingness to put nationalism aside in order to focus on the goal of defeating the virus. "But these efforts must continue if the battle is to be won."
Both Taylor and Lantz believed that politicization of the pandemic would only jeopardize the collective efforts worldwide.
Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2018, shows Jon R. Taylor, professor of political science with the University of St. Thomas, receives an interview in Houston, Texas, the United States. He changes his job to the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2019. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)
"Bickering over dubious origins or alleged responsibility during a pandemic frustrates multilateral efforts to find, develop, and widely distribute a vaccine," said Taylor. "Sadly, some appear more concerned with scoring political points than encouraging the global cooperation and coordination that is necessary to win this fight."
Lantz said that if mankind is not able to unite against this common invisible enemy, all of mankind will suffer.
"It is the politicization of the COVID-19 pandemic that would 'divide and conquer' us," he added.
