Text | Sun Dai
On December 2, the Harbin Command Center for Responding to the New Coronavirus Infection Pneumonia Epidemic issued an announcement stating that the city found 1 local confirmed case and 2 first-screen positive infections. At the same time, the announcement pointed out that will be rewarded with 10,000 yuan for those who actively perform nucleic acid tests and feel unwell, go to a medical institution for treatment and explain the situation and the nucleic acid test result is positive after verification.
At present, nucleic acid testing is still the main means to investigate the new coronavirus pneumonia. Rewarding people who actively test positive for nucleic acid can encourage citizens to take the initiative to conduct tests to a certain extent. Some netizens also expressed their discomfort in this, believing that cooperating with the test to actively report is a citizen’s obligation and there is no need for additional rewards. Is
the most effective and appropriate way? There is no need to rush to make a conclusion at the moment. But it can be confirmed that the starting point of this move is to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control. fundamentally discovers and controls the source of infection, and its ultimate goal is to safeguard the health and safety of citizens and protect public interests. adopts the reward declaration policy, which is not the first in the country. In 2020, Wuhan issued an announcement to launch a reward for self-inspections and declaration for residents, and confirmed patients can voluntarily declare a reward of 500 yuan. It is understood that one day after the announcement was issued, the hotline received a report on fever status from 11 residents.
Now it is winter, which is the peak season for respiratory infectious diseases, and sporadic outbreaks have occurred in many places. At this time, the relevant departments chose to contribute to the positive nucleic acid test, aiming to encourage and advocate residents to conduct self-testing and investigation, and believe that to a certain extent, the occurrence of concealment of the epidemic can be reduced.
is undeniable. Although popular science on epidemic prevention and control has never stopped, some people still have fear. They do not actively report or resist investigation when they have abnormal fever or even close contacts, causing great safety hazards, and the economic losses caused by this are even more immeasurable. 's approach to using "heavy money" to encourage residents to actively detect is a exploration of precise prevention and control measures for the epidemic and a special move in a special period.
After experiencing the epidemic, people's awareness of self-sanitation protection has indeed been strengthened, and prevention and control measures in public places are also constantly improving. However, as the number of new confirmed cases in various places decreases, the epidemic prevention string may no longer be tight and enter a period of slackness.
is now attacking. It is necessary to ensure that the string of prevention and control is tight. It cannot solve all problems by relying solely on moral advocacy or simple preaching. The COVID-19 pandemic has inevitably brought an impact on the domestic economic operation, and people's quality of life and methods have undergone great changes. Long-term income suspension during quarantine will cause very realistic difficulties. The reward of "10,000 yuan" has certainly caused a lot of controversy, but its attention is precisely because it directly points out the very specific difficulties. is why you might as well look at it rationally from a different perspective, reduce malicious speculation, shift the focus from the reward amount, and focus on the policy's mobilization of citizens' consciousness.
With the real-time changes in the domestic epidemic, policies in various places are also adjusting accordingly. A targeted policy can fully mobilize the initiative of the people, and with effective science popularization of citizens' knowledge on epidemic prevention and control, it may also achieve good results.
What is certain is that no matter how ridiculed it, most people don’t really want to get this “reward” of 10,000 yuan. As the relevant person in charge of the Wuhan Hanyang District COVID-19 Prevention and Control Command said before, "Rewards are just means. What is more important is to remind every resident that cooperating with quarantine, compulsory isolation or treatment is to be responsible for themselves, to society, and to everyone else."
