At present, the number of newly infected people in my country is still at a high level, and the epidemic is still in the developing stage.
Inoculation of the new crown vaccine is the best measure to prevent severe illness and death after infection. However, some groups cannot be vaccinated due to physical reasons. How should they, especially the elderly and those with underlying diseases, be protected?
If you can't get vaccinated, you need to protect yourself from four aspects
Wang Huaqing, chief expert on the immunization program of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a press conference of the State Council's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism that as of now, vaccination against the new crown is the best measure to prevent severe illness and death after infection.
Due to some special circumstances, the vaccine cannot be vaccinated, or the vaccine cannot be vaccinated temporarily. How should I protect myself?
In this regard, Wang Huaqing gives four suggestions:
Wang Huaqing also reminded that it is necessary to protect the elderly, people around the elderly, and personal protection, especially at home and other people who come into contact with the elderly to be vaccinated, which is a kind of protection for the elderly.
In addition, if the health code is abnormal, it is recommended not to contact the elderly again. Once infected, the risk of infecting the elderly is very high.
Does the increase in the proportion of asymptomatic infections mean that the harm of the new coronavirus is becoming less and less?
In this round of epidemics, the proportion of asymptomatic infections has increased, and many people wonder whether this means that the harm of the new coronavirus is getting smaller and smaller, and the new coronavirus is developing into a flu.
In this regard, Wu Zunyou, chief expert of epidemiology at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that with the increasing proportion of the population's new crown vaccine vaccination, the population's immunity to the new crown virus continues to improve, coupled with the mutated strain of Omicron itself. The pathogenicity is not as strong as that of other strains, and the clinical severity of infected persons has indeed declined according to the proportion of the number of cases per 100 cases.
However, Wu Zunyou emphasized that asymptomatic infections are only a concept of a time-point state. Today's asymptomatic infections may become mild or common cases tomorrow or the day after, and people should pay more attention to the level of infectivity.
In this regard, Wu Zunyou introduced that due to the rapid spread of the Omicron virus strain and the large number of infected people, the total number of deaths and social harm and impact caused by the epidemic have not been alleviated.
This also suggests that the harm of the Omicron strain is still serious, and the new coronary pneumonia is not a "big flu".
Especially for a populous country like my country, a very small morbidity or mortality rate multiplied by a population base of 1.4 billion will result in a very large absolute number.
Only by doing dynamic clearing can the hidden dangers of the epidemic be eliminated, the run on medical resources that may be caused by large-scale crowd infection can be avoided, and the possible deaths of a large number of the elderly or those with underlying diseases can be prevented.
(Copywriter/Poster: Wang Ying)