htmlOn the afternoon of November 6, at the invitation of Tsinghua University , Feng Zijian, former deputy director of of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and member of the expert group of the National Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the New Coronavirus Pneumonia, delivered a special report entitled "How to face Omickron rationally".
"According to mathematical models, when the first wave of large-scale shock reaches its peak, the infection rate in our population may reach about 60%, and then it will gradually fall back to a stable period. In the end, 80%-90% of people will experience infection." Feng Zijian said.
90% of people will be infected with new coronavirus . So what should we ordinary people do? Is it really a small cold to get infected with the new coronavirus? Slighter than the flu? Do we need to be afraid?
In fact, you really don’t have to be afraid. The current popular Omickron strain is really much weaker. Most people are asymptomatic or mild after infection, which are mainly manifested as fever, sore throat, cough and other discomfort. Judging from the severity of discomfort, it is indeed lighter than influenza. Most people will get a fever after two or three days of fever, and the sore throat can be relieved in two or three days.
, and flu often manifests as general pain, muscle aches, high fever, mental depression, etc. Most patients infected with the new coronavirus have milder symptoms than influenza. Moreover, the mortality rate of Omickron is also lower than that of influenza. Judging from Singapore’s data, the mortality rate of Omickron is lower than that of influenza.
Although we call it COVID-19, judging from the patient's lung CT symptoms, most patients' lungs are clean, without oozing, and without inflammation. Therefore, the current new coronavirus mainly attacks the upper respiratory tract, which is similar to a common cold. The probability of pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus infection is very low. Severe pneumonia is needed, and even fewer people need tracheal intubation. Therefore, some experts have suggested that we should not call it new coronavirus infection, it should be called new coronavirus infection.
Then what should we ordinary people do?
1. Take good personal protection and avoid infection as much as possible.
Wear a mask when you go out, wash your hands frequently, ventilate frequently at home and office places, and maintain social distance.
2. When you test antigen at home
and have symptoms such as fever, throat pain, cough, etc., test the antigen by yourself. If is positive for , report it in time and just quarantine at home. It will usually be cured in about 7 days. If you do not meet the conditions for home isolation , you can go to square hospital .
3. Asymptomatic and mild symptoms at home isolation
There is no special treatment plan at home or in the temporary cabin, just drink more water, pay attention to rest, and strengthen nutrition. If you have a fever of more than 38.5 degrees Celsius, you can take antipyretics, such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen ; if you have a severe dry cough, which affects your daily life or sleep, you can take dextromethorphan oral; if you cannot cough up sputum, you can take ambroxol oral, acetylcysteine and other phlegm-reducing drugs. Patients who sneeze or runny nose can take chlorphenamine or loratadine .
4. Pay attention to observing the changes in the condition, refer to the changes in the condition in time
. If the fever is high, it will not go back for 3 days; or if the breathing accelerates, more than 30 times per minute; has difficulty breathing , and the blood oxygen saturation is less than 95%, please seek medical attention in time.
5. Protect the high-risk groups at home
The elderly, especially those who have not received vaccine , who are over 80 years old, are likely to develop severe illness when infected with the new coronavirus. There are also patients with other conditions, such as chronic lung disease, long-term dialysis , hypertension , obesity, diabetes , cancer patients, etc. If these people, if the antigen test is positive at home, they can go to designated hospitals to seek medical treatment and take antiviral drugs Paxlovid or azvdine as soon as possible, which can reduce the severity and mortality rate.
The following figure shows the indications of Parovade.
6. Get vaccinated, get vaccinated, get vaccinated
The important thing is said three times. Friends who have not been vaccinated yet, go to the vaccination site as soon as possible to evaluate whether they can get vaccinated, especially for the elderly. Getting vaccinated can significantly reduce the severity and mortality rate.
In short, most people have mild symptoms after they are infected with the new coronavirus, which is not as good as the flu. They can heal themselves and treat them symptomatically. There is no need to be afraid. Most people do not need to go to the hospital, so they do not cause medical runs, and leave limited medical resources to patients who really need them.
Although Omickron's mortality rate is comparable to that of influenza, or is not as good as influenza, its transmission ability is much stronger than that of influenza, and it may cause a large number of patients to be infected in a short period of time. Then the absolute number of severe patients will be relatively large, including medical staff, which will also cause a shortage of medical staff, which may cause medical runs. ICU beds are insufficient, resulting in some critically ill patients who are new crown and non-COVID-19 critically ill, and the number of deaths may soar.
So, friends, everyone protect themselves and their families. Even if they get COVID-19, there is no need to be afraid. Most people can heal themselves and leave the bed for patients who really need it.
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