It has been two years since the outbreak of the epidemic, and the mainland has been responding to the crisis with the strategy of "external prevention of import and internal prevention of rebound". The central government summarizes the past

["Dynamic Zero" is not "No Need to Zero"]

It has been two years since the outbreak of the epidemic, and the mainland has been responding to the crisis with the strategy of "external prevention of imports and internal prevention of rebound". The central government summed up past experience and combined measures such as "sealed treatment at the gate", "quarantine and isolation of designated hotels", "virus path tracking" and "containment detection", and put forward the overall anti-epidemic policy of "dynamic clearance".

What is "dynamic zeroing"?

The "dynamic zero clearance" strategy is not "zero infection", but refers to the normalization of the epidemic prevention stage to maximize early detection, early treatment, early disposal, and resolutely prevent the continuous transmission of the epidemic in the community, which can effectively control the occurrence and spread of the epidemic, minimize infection, morbidity and death, avoid the run on medical resources, and minimize the scope of the epidemic and reduce the impact of the epidemic on the economy and society.

Has Hong Kong achieved "dynamic zeroing"?

Due to the loopholes in Hong Kong's epidemic prevention measures, the outbreak of the fifth wave of the epidemic is like a mirror, proving that the Hong Kong government's epidemic prevention measures are still in vain and have not yet reached the level of "dynamic clearance". What is wrong with Hong Kong's epidemic prevention system that has prevented us from truly achieving "dynamic clearance"?

1. The Hong Kong government's anti-epidemic thinking has always put economic considerations first and epidemic prevention as the last.

2. Consular family members, seafarers and crew members are allowed to be exempted from quarantine groups.

3. "Safe Travel" is mainly used for restaurants, and cannot be effectively tracked without uploading user resources.

4. Quarantine resources are insufficient to cope with large-scale outbreaks.

As the Hong Kong government did not "strictly prevent overseas", it also allowed the existence of multiple quarantine exemption groups, leading to the introduction of The Omicron virus from overseas. Two "empty boys" violated the requirements of "home isolation" and spread poison everywhere; there is still a "flight attendant" who obediently "quarantines at home", but his mother does not have to "ground", and eventually spreads the virus.

After the outbreak of the fifth wave in Hong Kong, because "Safe Travel" did not upload user information, and we did not use it on a large scale, in order to trace the transmission path of the virus, in addition to checking the "Safe Travel" records of restaurants, the Hong Kong government also needed to use Octopus and credit card records, and even needed to check the "closed-circuit television" of each district to chase back most of the "close contacts". If it is not in the restaurant of the mall, or the tea restaurant where customers use more cash, it is impossible to "arrest" all the customers, and some diners are still "still at large".

In addition, the Hong Kong government publishes at least dozens of "mandatory testing" locations every day, but if the location is not a restaurant, for example, it is just a public place, and the public will not "scan the code" when passing by, the Hong Kong government cannot know how many people need to be tested, and can only rely on everyone's self-discipline, and how to achieve the effect of "compulsory"?

As a result, it has been almost a month since the outbreak began, and there have been hundreds of daily confirmed cases this week. On the other hand, as long as there is an outbreak in the provinces and cities in the mainland, the epidemic will usually be suppressed within 1 month. Such a strong contrast further confirms that the Hong Kong government's epidemic prevention has not yet reached the standard, and it has not yet achieved a real "dynamic clearance".

"Dynamic Zero" is not and "No Need to Zero"

After the implementation of the general policy of "dynamic zero clearance" in the provinces and cities in the interior, there have been relatively few "lockdowns", and many places have only "closed areas and quarantines" or made "large-scale tests". Since on the surface, the epidemic prevention measures in the mainland provinces seem to have been relaxed, and the spread rate of the Omicron variant virus is too high, and there is still an epidemic situation in the mainland, many Hong Kong people think that "it is impossible to clear zero now" and think that "dynamic zero clearance" is equivalent to "no need to clear zero".

The truth is that the mainland has accumulated experience in the past two years, and the level of epidemic prevention has been greatly improved, which can achieve the effect of "early detection", "early treatment" and "early disposal" at a lower cost and cost, and can successfully "prevent the continuous transmission of the epidemic in the community".

It is worth mentioning that there may be confirmed cases in various provinces and cities, but once the virus is introduced into the community, the mainland government can accurately isolate the virus from the community in most cases and eventually extinguish the virus. Moreover, the mainland government will also fill in the loopholes to ensure that the virus will not be reintroduced from the same route. Perhaps, soon, there will be another source of the virus, but the Mainland government can also immediately activate the epidemic prevention mechanism to continuously eliminate the virus and completely separate it from the community.

To be clear, the real meaning of "dynamic zeroing" is "continuous zeroing" and "constantly fighting the virus", rather than "impossible clearance" in Hong Kong; there is a big difference between the two. (Author: Lingde Studio Hanbai, originally published in Thinking HK)