Be Confident And Patient About Returning To Normal Life

The introduction of the "New Ten Measures" to optimize epidemic prevention and control has continuously improved the scientific and precise level of prevention and control. While protecting the lives and health of the people to the greatest extent, it has also minimized the impact of the epidemic on the production and living order of the masses and economic and social development. Impact. With the promulgation of the "New Ten Measures", key prevention and control measures such as nucleic acid testing, isolation, and risk zone demarcation have been adjusted in a more scientific direction in various regions. The idea of "B management of B infectious diseases" has also begun to be hotly discussed by some scholars. Is it time to call back the new crown "Class B and A tubes" that have been implemented for nearly three years to "Class B and B tubes"? Does the downgrading of the new crown pneumonia to "Class B and B tube" mean that we can completely return to normal life? Zeng Guang, the former chief scientist of epidemiology at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from the Global Times that whether to adjust depends on whether we have reached a consensus on the scientific understanding of the characteristics of the virus. We must have confidence in returning to normal life, and even more be patient.

At the level of clinical research, Tong Zhaohui, an expert on respiratory critical illness organized by the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council, recently stated that the hospitalization rate, severe disease rate, and fatality rate caused by Omicron have all been greatly reduced. Judging from the current national cases, the upper respiratory symptoms after infection with Omicron are mainly manifested as throat discomfort and coughing. Asymptomatic and mild cases accounted for more than 90%. There were not many common cases (with symptoms of pneumonia), and the proportion of severe cases (needing high-flow oxygen therapy or receiving non-invasive and invasive ventilation) was even smaller.

In this regard, Zeng Guang believes that the return of new coronary pneumonia to "Class B and B management" should be a process of building consensus based on science in the near future. At present, as the new coronavirus continues to transform into a direction of high transmissibility and low fatality rate, it is transforming from pneumonia to upper respiratory tract infection, and most of them are mild and asymptomatic infections. Once the academic community confirms that this trend has stabilized, There is a consensus that the country will adjust the category of infectious disease management in due course.

Although the current epidemic prevention and control measures are becoming more precise and social mobility is also improving, Zeng Guang believes that we are currently at a time when the incidence of new crowns is rising sharply, so it is not easy to say that we can return to normal life. The impact of the epidemic, when the epidemic is stabilized, when the new crown only needs to be monitored and managed like the flu, and the general cases are no longer reported and managed, but the focus is on rescuing severe cases, vaccination and strengthening personal protection, the Only when COVID-19 is adjusted to Class C infectious disease management can everyone return to normal life.

"In the process of adjusting the new crown pneumonia prevention and control policy, the adjustment from class B to class B is a critical but difficult step. This adjustment means that the management of new crown pneumonia has undergone a qualitative change. Once adjusted to Class B management, and in the future it will be reduced to Class C infectious disease management, it will be a matter of course, I believe that the new crown pneumonia will eventually be reduced to Class C and Class C, we must have confidence in this and be more patient.” Zeng Guang said.