Guan Yi, director and chair professor of the State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases at the University of Hong Kong, was recently appointed as the first director of the Shanghai Institute of Virology.
Guan Yi is an international influenza research and virology expert. In 2003, during SARS, he traced the civet cats to be the culprit of the coronavirus.
At the beginning of the outbreak of the previous year, Guan Yi and his colleagues went to Wuhan for inspection. At that time, it was estimated that the scale of infection in Wuhan was ten times larger than that of SARS, and he criticized the local government for inaction. Destroyed cleanly.” The local area neither welcomes nor needs experts, leaving the team halfway, also saying that they feel extremely powerless.
At the end of last year, he was interviewed again, pointing out that "zeroing" is unrealistic, predicting that the virus will be prevalent among humans for a long time, and criticizing the mainland's frequent closure of areas and forced inspections, warning that "the country's economy will definitely collapse."
The Shanghai Institute of Virology was jointly established by the Shanghai government and the School of Medicine of Jiaotong University. The unveiling ceremony was held on Monday (26th), and three vice mayors of Shanghai, Wu Qing, Chen Qun and Zong Ming, attended.
According to reports, the Institute aims to become a high-level research institution dedicated to virology source innovation and clinical transformation. It will focus on research on virus evolution and cross-host transmission, gather and cultivate virology talents, build a platform for achievement transformation, and help Shanghai Development of the biopharmaceutical industry.
Guan Yi said that virology research plays an extremely important role in human health, medicine, and even national security. The institute will further focus on the frontiers of world virology, build a world-class virology research center, and become an important part of Shanghai's biomedical industry.
In the early days of the new crown, going to Wuhan to criticize the state of war did not raise the alarm
In the past three years, Guan Yi has not spoken out about the epidemic again. After the epidemic broke out in Wuhan the previous year, Guan Yi estimated at that time that the epidemic might have started to spread in November 2019. The "bad lesson" of SARS, don't repeat the prevention and control style of SARS, otherwise it will cause a negative impact on the people and the world.
He went to Wuhan to inspect in person at that time, but came back disappointed. He described himself as a "deserter", describing the local area as completely indifferent to the epidemic. Cleaning, spreading the source of transmission in an all-round way, it is no longer possible to do epidemiological investigation.
Doubt the mainland's closed city and forced inspection will inevitably drag down the economy
After the epidemic spread all over the world, Guan Yi turned a low profile. At the end of last year, he gave an interview to the media again and admitted that "the virus has lived for a long time, just like the influenza A virus, whether human beings are happy or not, it will be popular among us humans for a long time. He also believes that "zeroing" is unrealistic, suggesting that scientists around the world closely monitor the mutation of the virus, and criticizing the mainland's zero tolerance for sporadic cases, which will inevitably bring down the economy.
Guan Yi advised the mainland not to "test nucleic acid for all staff" at every turn, but to do a national antibody test instead.
If there is no problem with national antibodies, it should be gradually opened up in different regions; if antibodies are generally insufficient, mRNA vaccines with high protection rates should be approved as soon as possible.
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