Unconsciously, the epidemic has been going on for two years.
We once thought that as the strain of the new crown virus will develop in a moderate direction, with the formation of herd immunity, the new crown virus will coexist with humans like the flu in the future.
But from the data of recent months, it is clear that we are overly idealizing about this type of virus.
A resurgence of the epidemic in New York? The Omikeron BA.2.12.1 variant spreads faster
Recently, according to media reports: on April 22, local time, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a weekly report focusing on the new variant of Omilon BA.2.12.1.
The data shows that at present, the latest strain of Omikron, BA.2.12.1, has become an epidemic strain in the United States, and the epidemic in New York, New Jersey and other regions has re-emerged.
At present, some early evidence also confirms that BA.2.12.1 spreads faster than the Ormicron variant, and Omilon has become the most contagious new coronavirus mutation to date, and BA.2.12.1 is the fastest spread of many Of the Omilon variants.
Omikeron, it really can't be considered a big flu
Although the pathogenicity and mortality rate of Aomi Kerong have decreased, it does not mean that this mutated strain is equivalent to influenza.
According to clinical data, the spread of Omikeron is much stronger than that of influenza, as well as other new coronavirus variants, if a person does not have any protective measures, Omilon can spread an average of 9.5 people per person.
From the perspective of case fatality, the average case fatality rate of influenza worldwide is 0.1%, while Omilon can reach 0.75%, especially for the elderly people over 80 years old, the case fatality rate can exceed 10%.
What can we do in the face of Omicron?
First, continue to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control
Wash your hands frequently, wear masks, go less to places with dense crowds, and be sure to use hand sanitizer with disinfectant when washing your hands, and keep the room often open windows for ventilation in order to stay away from viruses and bacteria.
In addition, pay attention to diversification in diet, supplement vitamins and eat more nutritious foods, in order to effectively enhance the body's disease resistance, such as dairy products, soy products, eggs, fish, etc., and vegetables and fruits can not be less, to ensure that the body is nutritionally balanced.
At the same time, you should also eat more seasonal fruits, especially fruits rich in a lot of vitamin C, such as oranges, oranges, kiwifruit, apples, etc., which can not only enhance physical fitness, but also play a role in preventing colds.
Second, maintain regular work and rest, and actively participate in exercise
Staying up late can be said to be the enemy of physical health, staying up late for a long time, it is easy to lead to a decline in physical resistance and immunity, so we also need to maintain regular work and rest and actively participate in exercise.
In addition, in order to enhance the physique in addition to eating more nutritious food, you should also take more time to do exercise to enhance the resistance in the body.
Third, actively participate in vaccination
It is no exaggeration to say that in the face of the rapidly spreading Omilon, the elderly are almost all elderly due to their relatively high risk, especially the recent deaths of the Shanghai epidemic, and are accompanied by serious chronic underlying diseases.
In Hong Kong, which has experienced a round of Omicron baptism, the data shows that the case fatality rate of the whole population that has not been vaccinated against COVID-19 in this round of the epidemic is 2.97%, while the case fatality rate of three injections is only 0.04%.
Therefore, timely vaccination of COVID-19, especially booster injections, can greatly reduce the severe disease and mortality of NEW CROWN pneumonia.
From a small point of view, participating in timely vaccination is to protect yourself; from a large point of view, this is to protect children, protect families, and let more people return to normal life.
From a larger perspective, this is a project that the country and society have spent a huge price on, so that the country will be safer in the tide of the epidemic and more confident to take more optimized measures to reduce the negative impact of the epidemic.
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[1] Dallas J. Smith, Avi J. Hakim, Gabriel M. Leung, Wenbo Xu, W. William Schluter, Ryan T. Novak, Barbara Marston, Bradley S. Hersh.COVID-19 mortality and vaccine coverage - Hong Kong SAR, China, 6 January 2022 - 21 March 2022[J].《 CDC Weekly, 2022, 4(14): 288-292.