New Coronary Pneumonia | Liang Zhuowei: The government should be quick and flexible to purchase vaccines and epidemic prevention materials as soon as possible

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Author: Li Enci

2020-07-18 11:23

The new wave of the new pneumonia epidemic broke out. Dean Liang Zhuowei of the School of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong wrote an article for the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Hong Kong Family Letters" this morning (18th). He said that the measures to control the epidemic are a double-edged knife. The lack of normal social interaction among the citizens will inevitably affect their physical and mental health. This situation is particularly evident in the elderly homes that are not allowed to visit.

He said to the Hong Kong people that since they passed the previous wave of tests in March, they should not be discouraged in the face of the outbreak again today. The government should take advantage of Hong Kong people's rapid and flexible response and purchase vaccines and other epidemic prevention resources as soon as possible, so as not to let Hong Kong people down.

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Elderly seniors fail to meet their family members

Liang Zhuowei said that another interface for controlling the epidemic is the impact on human life, which is an important spiritual life for human beings, family and friendship. Lack of normal social interaction will inevitably affect physical and mental health. A mother-in-law patient shared with him that her husband had just passed away, and he had been living in a nursing home for the elderly. Because of the critical illness, the nursing home made an exception for the mother-in-law and daughter to enter the nursing home to take care of the uncle. His mother-in-law told him that she saw her friend in the institution who was unable to meet her family due to infection control measures, and the health status of many people deteriorated immediately.

He pointed out that an old-age care center in Ciyun Mountain had previously had isolation measures, and the elderly were relatively safe. However, the measures were slightly relaxed, and the outbreak immediately broke out, resulting in the infection of eight adults, and deaths have already occurred. He believes that the measures to control the epidemic are a double-edged knife, which protects the elderly from infections, but brings another health impact to the elderly. How to make a choice is believed to be a problem that every doctor has to think about, but every child feels the same suffering. How to achieve the best of both worlds is a question that is asked every day.

Dean Liang Zhuowei of the Medical College of HKU. (Profile picture/Photo by Yu Junliang)

The government should take advantage of Hong Kong people's quick and flexible response

Liang Zhuowei continued that the threat of new pneumonia was more severe than the SARS epidemic, but looking back on the epidemic in the past six months, Hong Kong people can be said to have exceeded the standard. In the early days of the epidemic, Hong Kong successfully found a balance between self-discipline and freedom, and urban life would not be completely paralyzed. But he described this test as getting harder and harder. He said to the Hong Kong people that since they passed the previous wave of tests in March, they should not be discouraged in the face of the outbreak again today. He also said that the SAR Government should take advantage of Hong Kong people's rapid and flexible response, and purchase vaccines and other epidemic prevention resources as soon as possible, so as not to let Hong Kong people down.

Must deal with ``health equality'' so that everyone can get a chance to live a healthy life

Liang also pointed out that in addition to the previous attention to elders, another wave broke out recently, which also made them have to face and deal with the problems of "health equity" or "health equity". In this outbreak, the infection and mortality of African, Latino, and South Asian nationals in Western societies such as the United Kingdom and the United States are particularly high compared to whites. Although Hong Kong is a projectile place, the outbreaks in different regions and groups seem to be significantly different. As a member of public health medicine, in addition to treating diseases, it is even more important to pay attention to health equality. The ultimate goal of "health equality" is to give everyone a chance to have a comprehensive, fair and healthy life. No one will be unable to realize this ideal because they are in a weak position. The new coronary pneumonia epidemic seems to highlight the urgency of solving this problem. At the same time, I hope you can continue to be rational and never discriminate against diagnosed patients or even close contacts.

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