The "one-meter line" has become a habit under the epidemic Experts: Vaccinating with "social vaccines" is equally important

Dahe Network News (reporter Xu Huizeng Liu Yang) "Please wear a mask in line to check out and keep a distance of one meter..." On the afternoon of August 16, the staff of a supermarket in the Hui nationality district of Guancheng City, Zhengzhou City, reminded customers from time to time.

Wash your hands frequently, gather less, "one meter line"... With the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in Zhengzhou, these words have become high-frequency words for people to remind each other, and they have also become people's habits.

In the supermarket, everyone queued up in an orderly manner according to the "one-meter line".

"I didn't care about this before, but since the outbreak of the epidemic, everyone seems to pay more attention to this detail, plus reminders, now I go out and subconsciously keep a certain distance from others." Ms. Wang, who was queuing up to check out, said.

In the context of epidemic prevention and control, not only in supermarkets, hospitals, shopping malls, stations and other places where the flow of people is more concentrated, social safety distance has been paid much attention, and setting up a "one-meter line" has become a very common means.

Why "one meter"? Cheng Chongyong, head of the Infectious Venereal Disease Clinic of the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University, told reporters that the "one-meter line" is a medically recognized pathogenic infection area and a safe distance to avoid the source of infection.

"The main transmission route of the new coronavirus is droplet transmission, and if people maintain a distance of more than one meter from each other, the probability of droplet infection will be greatly reduced." Cheng Chongyong said that wearing masks, disinfecting, and maintaining a distance of one to two meters between people are necessary to prevent the spread of the virus, which is also known as the "social vaccine" for epidemic prevention.

In fact, "one meter line" is not a new word. As an international practice, the "one-meter line" was introduced into China in the mid-1990s, adopted in window units such as banks, and extended to buses, subways and other industries. This is not only for the consideration of protecting personal privacy, but also the need to regulate public order. But in many areas, the "one-meter line" was almost "forgotten" before.

"In this epidemic prevention and control, the 'one-meter line' has been effectively tested and has become one of the epidemic prevention standards." Cheng Chongyong said that the 'one-meter line' is a health line, an order line, and a civilization line, and it is necessary to take the epidemic prevention and control as an opportunity to let the 'one meter line' penetrate the hearts of the people and become a civilized behavior and good living habits.

How to make the "one-meter line" a civilized habit? Ma Cuijun, a researcher at the Institute of Municipal Social Governance of Henan University, said that this requires the public to change from control and guidance to consciousness, and internalized into the norms of their own actions, which is a process of jointly building social civilization, which can be promoted through measures such as propaganda and advocacy, establishing a civilized image of "one meter line" and government management to release the social governance function of "one meter line".

"The 'one-meter line' is not just a yellow marker line painted on the ground, when it becomes a conscious way of life of the people, it will become a line of civilization imprinted in the hearts of the whole people." Ma Cuijun said.