(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Zhong Nanshan: Life is the highest human right, and epidemic prevention should not be artificially politicized
China News Service, Guangzhou, March 3 (Reporter Wang Hua) On the evening of March 2, Beijing time, Zhong Nanshan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, attended the "International Epidemic Prevention and Control Expert Seminar" held by the University of Edinburgh on the Guangzhou line. The expert Dr. Fauci has an online conversation.
After the connection, Zhong Nanshan said in an interview with reporters that life is the highest human right; epidemic prevention should be based on science and should not be artificially politicized.
Zhong Nanshan said that participating in this forum and Dr. Fauci reached the biggest consensus that global cooperation to fight the epidemic, "viruses are the common enemy of mankind, facing this threat has no borders."
According to Zhong Nanshan, the meeting reached a number of consensus: countries should attach great importance to infectious diseases, which cause more losses than any chronic disease; government decisions must be based on science and evidence, not politics; such as artificial politicization of epidemic prevention , It will cause a lot of estrangement and misunderstanding, which is detrimental to prevention and control.
43 years ago, Zhong Nanshan went to Scotland as a visiting scholar.
Today, the epidemic in Europe and the United States is still severe.
Zhong Nanshan pointed out that in response to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries have advocated keeping distance and wearing masks, but many local people believe that they have interfered with their freedom, which is a deep-seated problem.
In Zhong Nanshan’s view, foreigners emphasize "I want my freedom," while Chinese people believe that "individual freedom must be subordinate to collective freedom." That is to say, what Chinese people value is not individual freedom, but that important families must have freedom. .
Zhong Nanshan said, "My personal view is that human life is the highest human right. If you want to do what you want, you will not only harm your own health, but may also harm the health of others."
Regarding Fauci's encouragement to vaccinate people as soon as possible, Zhong Nanshan believes that if the vaccine is in place and vaccinated, normal social life can be restored more quickly, but there are also cases of infection after a week after the vaccination. Therefore, it cannot be concluded that the vaccine will not be infected , Everything is back to normal.
Zhong Nanshan emphasized that vaccination is not 100% protection. "Currently, both Chinese vaccine products and American vaccine products have shown that they can prevent the deterioration of the disease, but they cannot prevent the emergence of mild symptoms. Some vaccinated people may still be infectious. Therefore, I said that vaccines cannot solve the problem 100%, and some people cannot take it lightly even if they are vaccinated." (End)