Recently, as a result of the fire accident in a residential building in Urumqi, people in mainland China have reached a climax of dissatisfaction with the overweight and one-size-fits-all. quasi" to oppose the unreasonable blockade in the area.
This shows that a considerable proportion of the public's resistance to excessive epidemic prevention is approaching a critical point, their emotions need to be appeased, and their demands need to be responded to urgently.
For mainland China, the time window for policy adjustment is shortening. In order to get out of the epidemic as soon as possible, at least the following four things have become more urgent and critical.
On April 25, 2022, at a nucleic acid testing site in Chaoyang District, Beijing, staff were preparing for nucleic acid testing.
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First, implement scientific and precise epidemic prevention, say no to excessive epidemic prevention, and try to reduce layer-by-layer overweight and one-size-fits-all.
The vast majority of Chinese people have a spirit of collectivism or group consciousness to varying degrees, and they usually cooperate with the government's requirements.
The reason why China was able to successfully eradicate the novel coronavirus three years ago when its toxicity was at its worst and create a rare low death rate in the world is inseparable from the cooperation of the people.
However, under the repeated impact of the epidemic, after the lives and work of many people have been affected, the patience of the people is limited.
Coupled with the fact that the harmfulness of the new crown virus continues to decrease but its transmission power is increasing, the cost of China's epidemic prevention is getting higher and higher, the side effects are becoming more and more prominent, and the frequency of epidemic rebound is increasing. A considerable proportion of the people hope that the epidemic prevention policy will continue to keep pace with the times It is possible to guarantee normal life and economic development.
The 20 anti-epidemic measures announced by the State Council recently received relatively positive feedback at the beginning of their release precisely because they responded to the concerns of the public to a considerable extent.
On the morning of June 2, 2021, on Haizhong North Road, Zhongnan Street, Liwan District, Guangzhou, volunteers pushed carts to distribute supplies to residents.
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This is originally a kind of progress, and it is the direction in which Chinese society should continue to work hard and build consensus.
However, due to the recent rebound of the epidemic in many parts of the country (even if the rate of severe cases is extremely low), many places have tightened epidemic prevention measures, and the overweight and one-size-fits-all are repeated in many communities and units.
This makes many people confused about the direction of the epidemic prevention policy.
The occurrence of the fire accident in a residential building in Urumqi reminded many people of the secondary problems or life tragedies caused by excessive epidemic prevention in many places in recent years, which in turn ignited the long-standing resistance of many people.
The top priority is that China can only reassure people and ease conflicts by stopping the overweight and one-size-fits-all approach, saying no to excessive epidemic prevention, implementing the scientific and precise epidemic prevention advocated by the State Council’s 20 anti-epidemic measures, and not going back.
Regarding this point, Hu Xijin, the former editor-in-chief of the Global Times, argued in the article "After recent sensitive incidents, we must prevent external factors and improve internal factors in governance", "internal factors are variables, and such variables are more likely to determine when things happen. Floating to the surface, how fast can it spread, etc.”, “Most of the common people’s biggest complaints are that the prevention and control will be increased at various levels. As this problem is accelerated and improved, the public’s mood will quickly ease.”
This statement is justified.
Epidemic prevention must respect science, be humane, and strike a balance with the normal life of the people and economic development. It cannot be distorted into the supremacy of epidemic prevention, and excessive epidemic prevention in some places should not be allowed to erode the confidence and patience of the people.
On April 18, 2022, in Shanghai, residents of the community were tested for the new crown nucleic acid.
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Second, take out real money and provide relief to those groups in need who have been hit by the epidemic, with the focus on allowing loan repayment extensions and payment of living expenses.
This point is very important and urgent, and there can be no more delay and hesitation.
China is only a developing country, and there are still many people living in poverty. They are old and young, and they work hard every day to meet the daily needs of their families.
Once the epidemic strikes, they will be banned, and even their basic life may face problems.
Why have there been more and more people opposing overweighting and one-size-fits-all in recent years?
Quite a few of them are not against epidemic prevention, but for survival.
The epidemic will not kill them, but "stopping your hands and talking" can drive them into a desperate situation.
From the information on the Internet, many people who are dissatisfied with excessive epidemic prevention will repeatedly talk about their income falling, their shops closing down, and their hopes for life collapsing.
They will complain that the epidemic prevention personnel have wages and benefits, and they can keep their income in drought and flood, but they worry about survival all day long.
Some people even said on the Internet that if their loan repayment can be postponed, they can be paid living expenses, even if they are banned for one year, they have no objection.
In the world, not only physical diseases are diseases, but poverty can also become a disease.
The granary knows the etiquette, and the food and clothing are sufficient to know the honor and disgrace.
In many cases, economic problems are the underlying factors of social and political problems.
The three-year-long epidemic, the continuous blockade, and silence have made it difficult for many families or self-employed individuals who are not well-off.
Providing them with relief in real money and helping them tide over difficulties is not only related to the credibility of epidemic prevention, but also the responsibility of the government.
Third, cherish the precious time window left, accelerate preparations for an early exit from the epidemic, and change the epidemic prevention strategy.
The new coronavirus remains a threat to the unvaccinated elderly or those with underlying medical conditions, and there are many of them.
Despite the asymmetry of information, many people still talk about the new coronavirus, worry about the elderly and children, and fear long-term sequelae.
They are mainly concentrated in some small cities and rural areas, but also exist in large cities.
If their fear cannot be eliminated, once the epidemic strikes, it will easily cause group panic and medical run-off.
The recent Foxconn incident and Shijiazhuang people rushing to buy lotus Qingwen are very practical lessons.
On October 30, returning employees in the Foxconn port area of Zhengzhou.
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For China at the moment, it is necessary to let science and data speak more, encourage those experts who have a reputation in the hearts of the people to speak up, and guide the public to get rid of the fear of the new crown virus.
In addition,
the State Council’s 20 anti-epidemic measures mentioned improving the coverage of vaccines and strengthening immunization (especially for the elderly), speeding up the storage of drugs related to the treatment of new coronary pneumonia, formulating hierarchical and classified diagnosis and treatment plans, and ensuring hospital beds and critical care. The preparation of beds and the formulation of health and safety protection plans (for the elderly, patients with underlying diseases, pregnant women, hemodialysis patients, etc.) need to be accelerated so that China can coexist with the weak and create a more favorable environment for an early and smooth exit from the epidemic. condition.
In this sense, on November 29, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council issued the "Notice on Printing and Distributing the Work Plan for Strengthening the New Coronary Virus Vaccination of the Elderly", which is a positive signal to change the focus of epidemic prevention work.
Today's epidemic prevention situation in China is different from three years ago, and it is time to change the epidemic prevention strategy.
Three years ago, the virus was the most harmful but its transmission was relatively limited. Human society lacked scientific methods for vaccines and drugs. China effectively contained the epidemic with decisive measures to lock down Wuhan, and became the only major economy that maintained positive growth that year.
As the danger of the virus continues to decrease but its transmissibility increases, as well as the popularization of vaccines and the emergence of specific drugs, the past epidemic prevention strategies are facing increasing challenges.
Under such circumstances, change the epidemic prevention strategy,
gradually shift the focus to increasing the vaccination rate (focusing on the elderly), reserve valuable medical resources for vulnerable groups who need it most, and distinguish between safer groups and more dangerous groups under the epidemic. It is becoming increasingly urgent to formulate different anti-epidemic measures according to individual conditions, and even consider allowing some cities with suitable conditions to explore and pilot first, so as to accumulate experience in getting out of the epidemic.
On January 23, 2022, at the nucleic acid testing site of Xili No. 2 Community, Majiabao Street, Fengtai District, Beijing, medical staff took nucleic acid samples for residents.
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Fourth, it is the kingly way to work hard on the economy and let the people live a better life.
Over the past 40 years of reform and opening up, the living standards of Chinese people have been fundamentally improved, and about 800 million people have been lifted out of poverty.
This is a very remarkable achievement.
But at the same time, China is still a developing country, with "600 million low- and middle-income people and below, and their average monthly income is only about 1,000 yuan."
In the three years since the epidemic, many families and businesses have been hit and are in trouble.
China needs to get out of the epidemic as soon as possible, to restore vitality to the economy and society, and to allow more people to live a good life.
When Deng Xiaoping launched reform and opening up, he regarded the people's livelihood and economic development as the greatest politics and the most essential requirements of all policies.
He once said, "
If you don't carry out reform and opening up, develop the economy, and don't improve people's lives, any path you take will be a dead end
."
This is actually grasping the simplest and most fundamental truth of politics.
No matter how beautiful the political idea, how touching the political slogan, how modern the law and system, how exciting the grand narrative, it all comes back to the simplest and most fundamental criterion of whether people can live a good life. .
For China, which has experienced the epidemic for three years, it is time to devote all efforts to the economy and improve people's livelihood as soon as possible.
China needs to speed up preparations for getting out of the epidemic as soon as possible
