(Two sessions · War epidemic) The global and new coronavirus coexist for a long time, what should China do?
China News Agency, Beijing, May 22 Question: Global and new coronavirus coexist for a long time, what should China do?
Author Wang Qingkai He Shaoqing
When does new coronary pneumonia end? It has become a "question of the world." The head of the World Health Organization ’s health emergency project, Michael Ryan, said recently that the new coronavirus may never disappear, and the world must be prepared to coexist with it.
Views similar to Michael Ryan are not uncommon. Wang Chen, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and president of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, also said that new coronary pneumonia may turn into a chronic disease and coexist with humans like flu.
The long-term existence of the new coronavirus will bring many changes to human society. How should China prepare for this? CPPCC members and deputies to the National People's Congress who are participating in the National People's Congress and the People's Congress here have something to say.
Layout: Improve the design of prevention and control policies
Emergency treatment of public health emergencies is a long-term major challenge facing countries around the world. In this epidemic, China has made unremitting efforts to effectively control the development of the epidemic and contribute to global public health security. But it is undeniable that the epidemic also exposed some shortcomings.
To prepare for the long-term coexistence with the new coronavirus, we should first proceed from the level of policy design, that is, to improve the public health system.
Wang Chen gave three suggestions: in medical education, establish a mechanism that truly attracts outstanding talents; in medical research, build a national-level medical research institution that can coordinate the overall pattern of national medical research; in epidemic prevention and control, it is necessary to establish a combination of medical and prevention , The epidemic response mechanism of the integration of medical and defense.
According to Pi Jianlong, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and director of Beijing Jintai Law Firm, a sound national public health emergency management system must be supported by law. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the legal system and strengthen the guarantee of public health emergency law.
In recent years, China's public health emergency management concepts and institutional settings have undergone major adjustments. The legal system has not been revised and adjusted in time, and some legal provisions have lagged behind. Pi Jianlong believes that the next step is to update and revise the existing emergency laws and regulations on public health emergencies, and may also consider extending to the corresponding field in the form of judicial interpretation.
He also said that the legislation of local public health emergencies should be accelerated, and local governments should adapt local conditions to promote the formulation of local public health emergencies laws and regulations. The central government should strengthen technical guidance for local legislation.
Grain preparation: sufficient medical supplies reserves
In response to sudden public health incidents and natural disasters, China has established a system of medical supplies reserves, which has played a vital role in responding to public health emergencies.
However, in the early stage of the epidemic, medical protection materials in various parts of the country were in an emergency, and there was a serious shortage of masks and anti-killing supplies. As a result, unscrupulous traders drove up prices and operated illegally, which exposed to a certain extent the shortage of the medical supplies reserve system in emergency management.
Yu Qingming, a representative of the National People's Congress of Hubei Province and chairman of China Medical Devices Co., Ltd., believes that there is an urgent need to scientifically plan and build a higher-level, higher-quality, more efficient, and more sustainable national medical material reserve system to establish a national epidemic prevention system. A unified dispatching mechanism for controlled materials and coordinated arrangements for prevention and control resources.
He suggested that a multi-level medical material reserve system should be established, and a combination of central storage, local storage, and personalized reserves should be developed; the central and regional reserve budgets should be increased in combination with economic levels, crowd activities, and other factors; and the construction of the medical supplies supply chain system should be improved. Real-time monitoring of reserve medicines, medical devices and occupied funds, etc.
Sudden public health incidents involve large-scale procurement of emergency supplies. He Dachun, a representative of the National People's Congress from Hubei, also suggested that a national unified emergency procurement management system and procurement management system should be established as soon as possible, and a unified electronic platform should be built at the national level with the help of information technology. "" And "shortage" are extremely important.
Psychological warfare: learning to coexist with disease
Historians believe that pandemic diseases usually have an "end" in both medical and sociological senses. At a time when countries around the world are accelerating the development of vaccines and special-effect medicines, it is equally important to help humans not to fear disease.
In other words, the end of the pandemic is probably not because we have conquered the disease, but we are tired of the panic pattern and learn to coexist with the disease. In this sense, the public's further understanding of the new coronary pneumonia and their own psychological construction have become a top priority.
Zeng Fang, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and dean of the College of Acupuncture and Tuina of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, believes that through the previous stage of epidemic prevention and control practices, the public also began to realize that new coronary pneumonia is preventable and treatable. Therefore, to maintain a positive and optimistic attitude, we must correctly view the possibility of long-term coexistence of viruses and humans, and then achieve "be at ease without fear".
This is not the first time for human beings, and it certainly will not be the last time facing an unknown disease. In Zeng Fang's view, every experience of the epidemic is a test of individual resistance. Under the possibility of coexisting with the virus for a long time, the most important thing is to strengthen one's physical fitness, develop good living habits, exercise moderately, and actively protect.
On the other hand, the epidemic situation is also a test of social organization ability and governance ability. The epidemic is still spreading around the world, and the haze of China ’s new coronary pneumonia has not yet dissipated. We should do a good job of normalizing prevention and control of the epidemic and calmly respond to this big test that concerns the common destiny of mankind. (Finish)