In fact, the viruses that cause these two diseases, COVID-19 and SARS coronavirus, are also related. Simply put, the former is a variant of the latter.
Now that we know this, some previous experience in eliminating SARS may be helpful to alleviate this epidemic. Next, let's look at how SARS disappeared in 2003.
From June 5438 to February 6, 2002, Huang Xingchu, who worked in Shenzhen, was unwell. I saw a doctor, who said it was a common cold, and simply prescribed some medicine.
However, since then, his condition has not improved. 13 returned to his hometown of Heyuan and went to the local people's hospital for medical treatment. At this time, his condition began to be serious, with symptoms such as difficulty breathing and general pain.
After Huang Xingchu was diagnosed as the first case of SARS infection, the epidemic began to spread. In the next few months, there were 305 cases in Guangdong province. By June 2003, infected people began to appear in Beijing, and SARS officially began to spread to many parts of the country.
Since then, China has carried out large-scale prevention and treatment, and the process has gradually changed from isolation, control to cure. Finally, in July 2003, the epidemic was basically lifted.
In this process, there were 5237 cases in China, of which Beijing and Guangdong accounted for a relatively large proportion. So what measures has China taken to prevent SARS in less than eight months?
Actually, Otawa, the preventive measures we have taken today are similar. First of all, large-scale gathering is prohibited, and close observation and prevention are carried out in floating population gathering areas such as schools and residential areas.
Take your temperature when you enter and leave. Once a fever is found, it should be reported to the quarantine, and the condition will not deteriorate for at least 7 days and there will be no other complications before the quarantine can be lifted.
At that time, in some township areas, people's awareness of prevention was particularly high. For foreign vehicles, they will spray drugs for disinfection. Foreigners are not allowed to enter towns and villages, and migrant workers must be isolated for a period of time before returning to China, and they can enter towns and villages without symptoms of cough and fever.
At the peak of the development of atypical pneumonia, people not only have a high awareness of prevention, but also have some irrational snapping behaviors. Just like our current mask fever and double coptis fever, at that time, once we heard that something was effective in preventing and treating SARS, we would quickly snap it up.
The two things that were snapped up the most in those years were Banlangen and white vinegar. Because demand exceeds supply, the prices of these two things have even doubled.
At that time, the price of Radix Isatidis was also more than 1 bag 100 yuan? The sky-high white vinegar is even worse. A photo taken during the SARS period shows that a bottle of white vinegar in a supermarket is actually 1000 yuan.
Later, with the strong command of the central government and the efforts of front-line medical personnel, the epidemic situation was significantly reduced, from May to July 2003 16.
However, rather than eliminating SARS, it disappeared by itself. Why do you say that? Because during the whole epidemic spread, we didn't develop special specific drugs, and the treatment measure was to use glucocorticoid shock therapy in large quantities. Although this method is effective, it also has some side effects.
The final disappearance of SARS has a lot to do with the warming of the temperature. The temperature rises in May, making it difficult for the virus to survive. In addition, people's isolation measures cut off the transmission route of the virus and eventually made it gradually disappear.
Today, China is facing the ravages of novel coronavirus. Under the command of the party and the government, countless medical personnel are fighting in the front line of this epidemic prevention battle.
Here, on behalf of the individual, I would like to pay tribute to these respectable and lovely people and thank you for stopping the virus from leaving us. Although the current epidemic situation is not optimistic, our Chinese nation has experienced countless disasters in history. History has proved that no matter how fierce the disaster is, we can cope with it.
So I firmly believe that the final victory of this epidemic prevention war must belong to us.