December 9, at the video conference of the Chinese Medical Association and the annual meeting of respiratory diseases, Academician Zhong Nanshan answered people's questions.
Academician Zhong Nanshan said: 99% of patients infected with Omickron can fully recover within 7-10 days, and the mortality rate is only 0.1%, which is almost the same as a cold. Only 4.5% of people with sequelae are involved. So Omickron is not scary now.
now we don’t have to worry too much. The characteristics of the virus have been changed, and our understanding, concepts of the virus, and the way we fight against the virus have to be changed.
Academician Zhong Nanshan also said: The focus of the current prevention and control policy should shift from prevention and control of infection to prevention and control of severe cases. If excessive prevention is still done, the greater secondary harm to the economy and society will be much higher than that of , the new crown itself.
So now that the epidemic prevention policy has been adjusted, we should take personal protection, wear masks, wash hands frequently, ventilate frequently, and gather less. The most important thing is: don’t panic, learn to prevent the epidemic scientifically, and be the first person responsible for your health.
