There are rumors circulating in Moments and WeChat groups: Blade strain, Xuanfan strain, and Learning strain. Some people suffer from general fatigue, chest tightness, and diarrhea. I want to choose a "mild strain" to be infected, is it reliable?

Recently,

various social platforms,

Moments and WeChat groups have been circulating:

Blade strain, dazzling rice strain, learning strain

Fart strain, extreme weight loss strain, tasteless strain

Dizziness strain, sore strain, crying strain

and other different sayings

These are the new coronavirus infection Infected people

define the different feelings viruses bring to themselves based on their own personal experiences

Some people cry out in pain

Some people have general weakness, chest tightness, and diarrhea

Others have a huge appetite

Eat barbecue, elbows, and various fruits!

On social platforms, netizens drew blade strains, Xuanfan strains, learning strains, etc. Internet screenshot

Regarding this

Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital

Chief physician of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineWang Changhui

Attending physician Xie Shuanshuan all said

These weird names

Most of them are based on

h by netizens tml0 Symptoms after being infected with the new coronavirus

Jokingly named

These so-called "different strains"

In fact, there is no scientific basis

There are just differences in the clinical manifestations of different patients

I want to pick a "mild strain" to be infected,

Is it reliable?

Wang Changhui pointed out that judging from the current epidemic strains in our country, the main ones are different mutant strains of Omicron and . The overall pattern of symptoms of Omicron infection is: fever may occur for 1 to 2 days in the early stage of infection, followed by respiratory and upper respiratory tract symptoms, which will be basically relieved in 3 to 5 days. Based on domestic and foreign data reports, the overall severity rate of the Omicron variant has been significantly reduced compared to the previous original strain and Delta strain. Therefore, the overall impact on the human body is not very different depending on which variant of Omicron is infected.

Some people may also ask: Is it feasible to choose a "mild strain" to produce antibodies? In this regard, Wang Changhui pointed out that in fact, even the same strain will behave differently among different people based on each person's resistance and basic physical conditions. Just because a person has mild symptoms after infection, we cannot assume that the strain this person is infected with is milder. Whether there are more "mild" strains remains to be confirmed by more evidence-based medicine .

Xie Shuanshuan also said that judging from the current situation, even if you are infected, no matter which mutant strain it is, since the overall severity rate of the Omicron strain has dropped to a very low level, everyone does not need to panic or be too nervous. If the symptoms are relatively mild and the person has been fully vaccinated, the infected person can be quarantined at home and monitored for health. When the elderly are infected, assist them in health monitoring, observe whether there are severe warning symptoms, and be hospitalized for observation and treatment if necessary.

The above two experts pointed out that for different strains, there is the possibility of repeated infections. However, generally speaking, in the short term after being infected with one of the strains, because there are still high neutralizing antibodies in the body, the possibility of secondary infection of by in the short term is relatively low. But after a period of time, if other types of strains appear, secondary infection is still possible. Of course, it is not recommended to "seek yang and get yang". If you can reduce the infection once, you should be infected once less. If you can get the infection as late as possible, be infected as late as possible. The core principle is that we should do everything we can to delay the infection of the elderly and minimize the number of elderly infected at the peak of the first wave of the epidemic. Does

really have the "Cerberus" virus?

There is currently a saying on the Internet that a new strain of virus "Cerberus" is also spreading. Is this virus really there? Both experts

said: This is not an official name. It was originally a virus nickname given by some German virologists on Twitter to remember and distinguish the names and characteristics of virus strains. However, the German Society of Immunology also believes that the term "cerberus" is inappropriate and will mislead the public into thinking that the symptoms are more serious, so now everyone uses BQ.1 and rarely mentions hellhound.

Wang Changhui said that BQ.1 is the sixth generation sub-branch of Omicron BA.5 produced through the mutation and changes of the virus during the epidemic spread among the population.Although BQ.1 has attracted global attention, there have been no reports of increased virulence in patients infected with BQ.1 and its subclades in any country. As early as the end of October 2021, the World Health Organization had evaluated that the BQ.1 substrain of the new coronavirus Omicron strain is highly contagious, but the disease severity and fatality rate are the same as other Omicron strains, not higher, so BQ.1 has not been named with a new Greek letter. And judging from the BQ.1 epidemic process in Europe and the United States for more than two months, no increase in its fatality rate compared with other strains has been seen.

Xie Shuanshuan said that currently, 49 cases of BQ.1 and its sub-branches have been detected among local cases in 9 provinces in my country, but they have not yet become widespread, resulting in a small number of cases, and no increase in clinical severity compared with other mutant strains after infection with BQ.1 has been observed. The currently prevalent strains are still mostly sub-branch BA.5, BA.5.2 and BF.7. After healthy people are infected with the Omicron series mutant strains, the vast majority have asymptomatic and mild symptoms.

Both experts called for:

At present, the public should adhere to

personal protection

maintain healthy and civilized living habits

actively get vaccinated

Comprehensive: The Paper, Guangzhou Radio and Television

Source: Guangzhou Transportation Radio