21 Chinese-American MDs released a Chinese and English statement - Why they support President Trump in 2020.
華裔醫生群體發聲 | 我們為何支持川普？
作者: 華醫挺川聯盟October 24, 2020
很多人說，今年的大選的兩位候選人和他們的政綱會把美國帶上兩條截然不同的道路，因此是繼林肯總統當選之後，美國最具重要意義的一次大選。
在全國所有的選民都在仔細思考要信任誰在今後4年執掌聯邦政府的時候，我們華醫挺川聯盟代表華裔美籍醫生，希望與大家分享我們為何支持川普總統連任，並且就有關新冠抗疫，醫療體制和對中國立場的幾個方面陳述我們對川普總統的意見。
首先我們要表明，我們之所以支持川普總統的原因，是因為我們熱愛美國。我們選擇視美國為我們的祖國主要是因為美國的立國根本原則，就是有憲法保證和有傳統道德觀為引導的個人自由。川普總統和在他領導下的共和黨的政綱最能代表我們的價值觀，就是在一個崇尚自由和公平，獎賞勤奮，尊重成就的社會，自由地追求美國夢。只有靠這些價值觀能夠使美國長盛久安。
相反，拜登只不過是現在已經控制了民主黨的極端激進左派的傀儡。如果拜登當選的話，自由繁榮的美國毫無疑問就會往社會主義的道路狂奔，即將面臨與世界上其他一切擁抱社會主義的國家遭遇的敗落。我們來自這樣一個充滿了欺壓,公民被稱為韭菜的國家。我們在這裡有權利，更有義務站出來用行動護衛美國，護衛我們子孫後代的幸福。
作為醫學業專業人士，我們能夠對於川普總統在抗疫過程中所做的一切是否應當如此備受責備提出專業的洞見。今年年初進入美國的新冠是一個感染性和致病性都鮮為人知的嶄新病毒。這包括我們的病毒學專家。中國方面對在武漢疫情開始時的掩蓋，世界衛生組織的無能，更使全世界各國都遭到了突然襲擊。把美國死於新冠的人數全部歸咎於總統完全違背常理。這常理就好像如果一個癌症病人在經過腫瘤醫生盡最大努力、使用最正確的方法治療卻依然死去之後，不能把病人死去的責任推到醫生身上一樣。在我們客觀地回顧了在從疫情伊始川普總統所做的一系列決定以後，我們可以判定川普總統在抗疫過程中不但不是像媒體希望我們相信的那樣抗疫不力，反而是在決策過程中表現了極強的領導力和正確的判斷力。
川普總統在一月底，美國只有不到5例新冠病例的時候就決定2月初停止中國航班的進入。在那個時候，他正頂着正在彈劾他的民主黨議員和各界媒體污衊他為恐外的種族主義者的攻擊，停航的決定可謂果敢。隨後他動員全國的私營企業參與到製造美國急缺的個人防護設施和呼吸機上面，使美國的醫療系統很快就走出這些急需物品短缺的困境。在CDC製造試劑出了問題的時候，他就把CDC專屬這個權利下放到各大商業性的實驗室，產生了12天內試劑5次更新迭代的奇蹟，原來要數天才能完成的測試變成十幾分鐘最後到幾分鐘。這些奇蹟見證了一個自由市場經濟主導的醫療體系所具有的強大力量。當疫情的曲線得到足夠的壓平之後，他就開始着力於經濟重新開放，這顯示出他作為總統明白一個國家是否安康，不僅僅是在於新冠感染和死亡的數字，而是受到國家的經濟，社會和宗教活動等多方面的影響，也在不同的州，不同的人群，不同的價值觀之間有不同的反映。在他推動重開啟的過程中，他是通過聯邦政府制定的指南讓各州選擇如何開放，這完全符合我們憲法制定的聯邦分權。他的推動使得被疫情關閉的經濟很快就得到回升，在多方面正向地影響了人們的富裕和健康，相比之下，一直強調用關閉的方式來抵禦新冠疫情的許多歐洲國家的感染和死亡數據並不強於美國，而經濟復甦則落後甚多，而無限期關閉政策正是拜登和民主黨所能提出唯一不同的抗疫政策。總統在抗疫中推行的極速行動，就是減少聯邦政府對於開發新藥和醫療的各種規條限制，更使得這些有效和安全疫苗和治療措施得到更快的發展，使美國社會完全戰勝疫情全面開放的希望能在近期內很快實現。這些成就都展現出特朗普總統在危機面前所表現的堅毅和睿智。
依靠自由市場裡個人和企業的能動性而不是依靠政府部門來美國人提供最好的醫療，不僅僅是在抗疫期間起到作用，而且這也是提供美國人日常醫療需要的所在。我們當中不少的人曾經經歷過，在中國所謂一切醫療都是公費的時代。正因為如此，我們才警告美國人不要如此輕易相信醫療國有制的所謂好處。因為當政府決定如何分配資源的時候，在這所謂公平分配的假面具背後所帶來的一定是匱乏，低質和缺乏創造力，拜登所倡導的社會主義式的醫療計劃最終一定會導致醫護資源的缺乏，最後結果是所有人都得不到高效優質的醫護服務。
作為在社會主義國家中國長大後直接移民到美國的第1代華裔，我們對於美中關係的緊張會有一定複雜的心情。我們之中很多人還有家人好友仍在中國，他們的福祉讓我們牽掛。在美國的華裔也會因美中關係的惡化而擔心遭到歧視。但我們堅定認為，華人不論在中國，還是在美國，最大的福祉依然是能夠生活在一個有經濟，思想，信仰和言論自由的國家，我們提出下面這幾個理由，必須支持川普總統。
我們認清我們在中國的親朋好友之所以不能得到我們在美國所享受的自由，是因為他們生活在中共的極權統治之下。當川普總統指責中共政府在疫情中隱瞞事實真相而貽害全世界人民的時候，他攻擊的並不是中國人民，而是這一個極權政府。川普總統對中國極權政府的攻擊，正是動搖這個政府對權力的控制，幫助中國人民得到自由的利器。民主黨的施政理念和追逐權力的方式與中共政權越來越相像，而拜登家族與中國之間的勾兌，使得他會為了利益而替中國政府說話，在道義上也沒有任何底氣在大是大非面前代表美國的價值觀。
2. 中國政權在最近的十年來，確實在致力成為世界上最有話語權的國家。他們對於西方世界的滲透無孔不入，不但包括竊取西方技術成果而且也包括散布馬克思主義理念和毛澤東的奪權手段。在美國眾多大城市造成重大破壞的黑命貴運動和安提法組織的行為裡面充滿了毛文化大革命運動的影子。波特蘭市市長的候選人，一個公開承認是安提法的女性就就身穿一條上面有馬列毛頭像的裙子街頭合照，以此為豪。只有川普總統才能堅決抵制這種中共對美國的滲透，讓美國政權不會成為像中共那樣的政權。
3. 在我們移民來到美國，在這裡生根立業的過程中，我們看到美國人民，特別是那些持有保守理念的美國人民，對於來自不同文化，不同種族，一起來到美國用辛勤汗水追逐夢想的移民所持的善良之心。雖然拜登的政綱裡面充滿了他要如何幫助少數民族社區的空洞口號，但這些在他作為副總統的8年裡面，沒有任何實行。川普總統則通過他所制定的政策和個人的行動顯示出他真真實實的能幫助弱勢的種裔能通過個人的努力得到提升，而不要靠壓製成功種裔來達到表面上的均衡。在備受亞裔關心的入學平等權利問題上，民主黨的政策一直是打壓通過努力和成就入學的亞裔來達到人為性的提高，其他總比入學水平，川普總統的司法部則主動參與亞裔對於常青藤不公正入學規則的訴訟。因此，我們在美華裔應該選擇與我們價值觀相一致的的川普總統的政綱，而不是輕信那些種族紛爭販賣者的謊言而選擇拜登和民主黨。
只要你願意看清事實，就可以發現，川普總統在在任的不到4年時間，在最能直接影響民生的經濟發展方面取得了巨大的成就。在疫情發生之前，美國的失業率，包括各少數種裔的失業率，都是美國歷史上最低水平。即使在疫情發生，經濟受到強制性的關閉以後，在川普總統的政策引導下，經濟的恢復速度也是遠遠超過歐洲各西方國家。在對外政策方面，除了他能夠堅定地面對來自中共的威脅之外，他執行的“用實力締造和平”的政策使他成為在美國非常少數的在位時間沒有發動戰爭的總統，反而，通過成功的反恐怖主義政策，他清除了伊斯蘭國和伊朗的威脅，和平地終結了美國在中東的戰爭。他的這些外交戰略也使得以色列能夠與多個阿拉伯國家建立正常邦交關係。這些都是奧巴馬和拜登在他們執政的8年裡面無法做成的。
民主黨的政客在真實的政績上無法與他的成就正面競爭，所以他們所能夠做的唯一就是對他的抹黑攻擊。借着他們所控制的主流媒體，他們一方面對人證物證俱全的拜登家族的腐敗行為拒不報道；另一方面，通過謊言無中生有的攻擊川普總統，在辯論中通過民主黨主持人偏頗地設計辯論重點提問方式，以希望造成川普總統在過去的四年裡面執政失敗的印象。
因此我們作為華裔美國人醫學工作者在這大選最後的關頭，為美國的今天和將來發聲回應這些對於川普總統的攻擊帶來的疑慮。我們相信上帝將眷顧美國人民，讓我們在大選作出正確的決定，2020 年11月3日為美國復興重回偉大之路的榮耀日子。
林偉雄醫生代表華醫挺川聯盟執筆，
何剛，曹絢，黎艷，黃希松，黃貴清，夏毅，趙潔，楊小平，林華等100 多名華裔在美醫師通過微信群共同簽名。（部分簽名如下）
英文：
It has often been stated that the 2020 election is the most consequential election in American history since the election of President Lincoln, given the stark contrast between the two candidates and the directions they wanted to take the nation.
As the nation deliberate on who should be entrusted with the helm of the federal government for the next 4 years, we, a group of Chinese American medical professionals, would like to offer some perspectives on why we support President Trump amidst criticisms regarding the pandemic, health care and relationship with China, areas where we are uniquely positioned to offer helpful insights.
First and foremost, we support President Trump out of love for America, our adopted home, primarily due to our nation’s founding principle -- personal liberty secured by constitution and guided by traditional morals. President Trump and the Trump-led Republican Party platform most closely represent our values –to pursue our American dreams in a society honoring freedom and fairness, rewarding hard work and respecting achievement. Only with these values can America continue on the path of peace and prosperity.
Joe Biden is just a place holder for the extreme progressive leftists who now rule the Democratic Party. If he is elected to power in this election, the free and prosperous America would almost undoubtedly speed headlong towards socialist state that has failed everywhere it was tried, including China, under whose communist regime we experienced firsthand the oppression and impoverishment. We have the right and responsibility to act now with all our might to protect the future of this beloved nation for us and our posterity.
As medical professionals, we can offer insights on the issue of President Trump’s handling of the pandemic which has become a frequent point of attack by his critics. The pandemic is caused by a novel virus with infectivity and virility not fully understood even by the experts, and the situation was made much worse by the Chinese government’s initial coverup. It is totally unreasonable to blame all the death on the President’s response. It is akin to blaming the death of a patient with cancer on the attending oncologist who has done all the right things in attempts to save the patient. After objectively evaluating all the decisions President Trump made, we can rightfully conclude that he demonstrated strong leadership leading the nation against the pandemic, quite contrary to the picture painted by the mainstream media critics.
His decision to shut down the flights from China in early Feb, when only few than 5 cases were reported in US, all returning travelers from China, was nothing short of heroic. Even more so, this decision was made while the democrats were busy trying to impeach him over a made-up scandal and they immediately called him xenophobic and many other names. The mobilization of the private industries for the production of PPE and rapid development and deployment of testing also illustrated the strength of our market-based economy. He was at the media briefing daily taking questions from journalists, and was praised at that time by even the democrat governors like Cuomo for the job he was doing.
His urging to reopen the society as soon as the curve was flattened showed the understanding that the nation’s wellbeing is not simply measured by statistics on the corona virus, but rather a influenced by economic, social and religious activities that may be valued differently among different groups. His pushing and guiding states to reopen at their own pace is completely consistent with how the constitution construct the separation of power in the federal system. These actions helped usher in a rapid V shape recovery of the economy that positively improve many aspects of people’s health, while European nations with more extreme shutdown measures, which is the only thing different that Joe Biden has to offer, didn’t see better numbers in COVID control but instead seeing their economy continue to plummet. The Operation Warp Speed sped up the development of safe and effective vaccines and therapeutics which are essential for complete return to normal life sooner rather than later. All these accomplishments showcased the strength and wisdom of President Trump in a time of crisis.
The reliance on individuals and industries, instead of government bureaucrats and institutions, to provide the best care for Americans, is good policy not only for the pandemic, but also for everyday health care. Many of us lived in China at a time when the health care was purportedly provided for by the government before coming to US, and experienced how inferior such a system was to what we do have now. So when we warn of the harm of socialized medicine, we know what we are talking about. When the government decides on how resources are distributed, behind the façade of equality of access are universally inadequate access, low quality and lack of innovation. Joe Biden’s health care plan will harm the medical community, and ultimately everybody.
As ethnic Chinese who fled the communist regime to come to US, we have some mixed feelings about the strained relationship between US and China. Afterall, many of us still have strong ties with family and friends who are still in China. We wish that they can be free citizens of the world as we are. And some Chinese Americans are legitimately concerned about potential discriminations based on race and ethnicity as the rhetoric gets heated. But we firmly believe, Chinese, whether living in US or in China, would live best lives in a society with economic freedom and liberty of thoughts and speech. Therefore, we support President Trump’s policies towards China for these reasons:
1. We recognize that the only reason they are not free is the oppression of communist party in power. When President Trump stood up to condemn the wrongs and atrocities committed by the CCP, it is not an attack directed against the people, but rather something that would weaken the grip of the CCP and help bring freedom to Chinese people. In contrast, the platform of the Democratic party is becoming more and more a copy of the CCP, and the Biden family’s corrupt dealing with China will make him weak-kneed against CCP dictators, if not outright mouth-piece of that regime.
2. CCP is intent on becoming the new dominant power of the world and they do try to infiltrate the western world to sow their ideologies, and to reap the western technological advances. The Mao strategies have been employed by Antifa creating chaos in many American cities. As American citizens, we expect our president to look after American interest as first priority, and we would be irate if US continued the trade policies that cuddle the CCP and weaken the US. The Biden presidency to make US more like the CCP controlled China, exactly what we came to US to escape.
3. Through the years during which we put down our roots to build our lives and careers here in the US, we have seen the kind hearts of American people, especially those with conservative values, towards immigrants who have come here to contribute to the society while pursuing American dreams with hard work. President Trump has demonstrated through his actions in policies he made regarding minority Americans that Chinese Americans’ best interests are aligned with his vision for America. In fact, in regards to the college admission issue which affects the future of Asian American communities, President Trump’s administration stands firmly on the side of fairness. Chinese Americans should reject the misinformation of race hustlers intended to create resentment.
If we research the facts beyond what we are fed in the mainstream media, we will find that President Trump has achieved a great deal in the 4 years as president. The nation’s economy was the strongest it has ever been prior to the pandemic, and its recovery outpace that of any western nations. In his foreign policies, he was not only firm against the threat from the CCP, his doctrine of “peace through strength” made him one of few US presidents who didn’t start foreign war while in office. He successfully eliminated the threat from ISIS and Iran, and brokered multiple peace deals in the Middle East. Obama and Biden didn’t achieve a fraction of these in their 8 years. Why do we think Biden can now? The only thing they could run against President Trump with is the biased media’s smears and misinformation. We can see that of all the presidential debates, the line of questions had been framed in a way unfairly critical of President Trump to the exclusion of his accomplishment.
Therefore, we wanted to particularly address these particular concerns and smears against President Trump with our insights gained by our backgrounds.
Only 10 days left before the day to decide America’s future. We will be witness to this historical day as the day of glorious revival of the American greatness, if we make the right choice based on straight facts and values.
Authored by Wei-hsung Lin, MD, PhD for CHAMPs for Trump with over 100 cosigners of Chinese American Medical Professionals.
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