An expert from the Comprehensive Group of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council and President of West China Tianfu Hospital of Sichuan University, Kang Yan, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from the Headquarters on the 15th that Omicron is not equivalent to a “big flu”. The anti-epidemic practice has proved that the “dynamic clearing” method has effectively protected the lives and health of the people, and is currently the best choice for China to coordinate epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development. Our country must always keep a clear head and unswervingly adhere to the general policy of “dynamic clearing”.
The Omicron variant is highly contagious. During the process of transmission, a certain proportion of infected people have no symptoms, which not only spreads quickly, but is also difficult to detect, which increases the difficulty of prevention and control. Kang Yan, an expert from the Comprehensive Team of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council and President of West China Tianfu Hospital of Sichuan University, said that our country has a large population base, a large elderly population, and insufficient total medical resources. “Dynamic reset” is in line with my country’s national conditions.
Kang Yan, an expert from the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism Comprehensive Group of the State Council: Omikron is really different from the flu, because patients infected with Omikron are prone to severe illness, some of whom are the elderly , people with underlying diseases, or people who have not been vaccinated, we now know very clearly that these people are vulnerable groups, and once infected, it will bring more dangerous outcomes to vulnerable groups. These few It’s far more serious than the flu. If we do not “dynamically clear” and do a good job in the previous prevention and control, after the base of infection increases, the number of subsequent severe illnesses and deaths will further increase.
Kang Yan said that Omicron is not a “big flu”. If my country relaxes prevention and control measures, it will cause a large number of infections in a short period of time. In terms of case fatality rate, the global average case fatality rate of influenza is 0.1%; and the case fatality rate of Omicron variant strains, real-world data shows that the average case fatality rate is about 0.75%, which is about 7 to 8 times that of influenza; the elderly population In particular, the case fatality rate of the elderly over 80 years old exceeds 10%, which is nearly 100 times that of ordinary influenza.
Kang Yan, an expert from the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism Comprehensive Group of the State Council: Although our entire medical treatment resources, level, ability, and team have made great progress over the past 40 years of reform and opening up, we still have a large population. In terms of base numbers, it is still relatively insufficient. The ratio of intensive care beds to the population in our country is low in the world. If we cannot control the scale of its infection well, it will definitely bring us a huge medical treatment load and burden.
In response to the constant mutation of the virus, our country is constantly summing up experience, improving prevention and control measures, guiding local governments to catch the early and catch the small, and to make the quickest, and resolutely do all the inspections that should be checked, the quarantine should be done, and the quarantine should be done. Harvest as much as possible, treat as much as possible, and strive to control the spread of the epidemic with the least cost, the smallest scope, and the shortest time.
Kang Yan, an expert from the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism Comprehensive Group of the State Council: “Dynamic clearing” is actually characterized by early prevention, then accurate control, and then accurate treatment. In fact, from these three levels, we Only when it can be prevented and controlled in the early stage can it be cured in the end. Judging from the whole process of our new crown treatment, it should be said that it is very in line with our country’s own characteristics.