After the fall of Yang Xiaoming, the father of the new crown vaccine, he did not expect the new crown mutant strain to make a comeback, and a worrying problem appeared.
From May 7 to 13, a new coronavirus variant named KP.2 was spreading globally, and in early May this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) listed the KP.2 subvariant as a variant under surveillance. According to reports, the KP.2 variant was first detected from local cases in Guangdong on March 11.
As of May 12, a total of 25 KP.2 sequences have been monitored in mainland China. The proportion of KP.2 in the local sequences reported weekly was between 0.05%~0.30%, which was at a very low level.
However, judging from the popularity of everyone's discussion of this epidemic on the Internet, it seems that everyone does not seem to be particularly concerned about the new crown variant.
According to expert analysis, since KP.2 is still a variant under the Omicron branch, people who have been infected with Omicron before will still have a certain amount of cross-immune memory in their bodies, which can buffer the virulence of the strain to a certain extent. From clinical observation, this strain is still the same as other Omicron variants, which is extremely contagious, but the pathogenicity is relatively weak, and the public does not need to panic.
The new crown variant KP.2 has spread in many countries, but the people are no longer panicking, and the impact and impact of the epidemic on the people have been greatly weakened, which stems from the fact that in the minds of most people, the epidemic factor has been erased from the bottom of their hearts from the psychological level. Looking back on this May Day, there are crowds of people everywhere, and "100 million people in each city" has become a hot topic. Judging from this May Day, the impact of the epidemic has completely disappeared from people's lives.
In the last year, many people still have more or less concerns in their hearts. Due to the fear of a small peak of secondary infections, many people still wear masks when traveling. But today, a year later, during the May Day period, almost every city is crowded, and topics such as new crown infection and Eryang have completely disappeared.
The epidemic of the past three years seems to be a distant dream today. The psychological impact of the pandemic on people is gone. But there is still a concern about vaccines.
From today's point of view, various infectious diseases are not limited to the new coronavirus, including dengue fever, monkeypox, and so on. Three trains of dengue virus have appeared in Guangzhou.
But in fact, the current transmissibility of viruses from new crown mutant strains to dengue fever may not be the most worrying, but the most worrying issue of various infectious diseases and viruses in the future is how to persuade the whole population to get vaccinated.
Vaccine concerns may need an answer
Due to the panic of the epidemic, the vast majority of our people have been vaccinated, and on April 26, Yang Xiaoming, the developer of the new crown vaccine, was arrested on suspicion of "serious violations of discipline and law". As the leading developer and chief scientist of the mainland's first new crown inactivated vaccine, he was arrested, which made many people worry that Yang Xiaoming's arrest was a human problem or a vaccine problem, and prayed that it was not a vaccine problem.
Because in the past two years, there have been many post-COVID sequelae that everyone often talks about, including occasional shortness of breath, joint pain, chest congestion, fatigue, and cough. One of the most striking features is the increasing number of people with pulmonary nodules and thyroid nodules.
The safety of 1.3 billion people is involved, and the chief scientist and the developer of the vaccine are all serious violations of discipline and law, what is the truth behind the vaccine? I'm afraid it's not easy.
Abroad, there is a problem with the vaccine. According to Phoenix.com, abroad, AstraZeneca admitted fatal side effects of the vaccine, and hundreds of people died! On April 30, British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca finally admitted for the first time in a legal document submitted to the High Court that its Covid vaccine "may cause TTS", or fatal blood clots, in rare cases.
Previously, data from the UK's medicines regulator showed that at least 81 people died from thrombotic complications related to the vaccine out of 50 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccination. So far, more than 50 cases and 81 family members have filed lawsuits against AstraZeneca.
Behind the epidemic, there is a huge demand for vaccines and epidemic prevention, and many of these interest chains have slowly become invisible businesses in the dark.
The issue of vaccines is not easy because of the safety concerns of 1.3 billion people, and the chief scientists and the developers of the vaccines are serious violations of discipline and law. According to official data, the total number of vaccinated people accounts for 90.7%, and the Chinese population is about 1.4 billion, that is, at least 100 million people should be unvaccinated. With the fall of the father of the new crown vaccine, those who have not been vaccinated are now being regarded as "lucky ones" by netizens.
At that time, of course, most people were purely voluntary, but there were also some who had to be vaccinated as a last resort, because if they were not vaccinated, whether they were traveling by high-speed rail train, plane, etc., various travel problems and work problems such as work, travel, and going to shopping malls were facing trouble, so vaccination was very important at that time, and no matter where you went, you had to issue a certificate of vaccination.
But now the doubts about the vaccine and the problems of various post-COVID sequelae have impacted the trust value of the vaccine, and some netizens have begun to question whether the physical symptoms have nothing to do with the vaccine company? Therefore, whether Yang Xiaoming's fall is a question of corruption or a question of vaccines, people are also waiting for answers.
Because if the new crown mutant strain makes a comeback, or when there are other viruses that need to be vaccinated, when the vaccine trust problem is not resolved, many people may no longer be willing to trust the vaccine company unconditionally, which may be the trust shock caused by the unsolved mystery left by the vaccine problem in the past.
Rebuilding trust in vaccines is an issue that needs to be considered earlier
It cannot be denied that we have achieved great results in epidemic prevention, and the judgment of the weakening of the virulence of the virus and the rational and scientific attitude of liberalizing decision-making have enabled us to truly walk out of the shadow of the epidemic today.
Covid is a long way from our lives. When we looked back on the past three years of the pandemic, we couldn't help but wonder, what caused the virus to disappear suddenly? When it comes, it is like a flash flood, but when it leaves, it is nowhere to be seen. Did humanity overcome it, or did it choose to leave on its own?
The spread and disappearance of the new coronavirus, as well as the resurgence of mutant strains, is a rather complex process.
At present, more importantly, we need to cherish today's life and reflect on some of the chaos and action deformations caused by panic.
Nowadays, there are more and more extreme weather, environmental pollution and destruction, and also give a lot of virus breeding soil, no one can guarantee that we will not have the next epidemic and a virus similar to the new crown to impact our normal life, once there is a new virus epidemic that swept the whole people, vaccination is a necessary means to prevent the spread of the virus.
However, if people start to worry about the quality, safety, and hidden dangers of vaccines, and start to question vaccines, it may bring great difficulties to the next epidemic prevention that may occur in the next time, and it will be difficult to achieve rapid universal mobilization for vaccination.
Therefore, now that the new crown mutant strain is making a comeback, it is very important to rebuild the trust of vaccines, reflecting on the past, it is necessary to strengthen the strict review and management of the production quality, safety and effectiveness of vaccines, and to have more rigorous quality supervision in the process from project approval to R&D and marketing.
We can't have problems with vaccines and trust, which requires the entire epidemic prevention and medical system to reshape the system and fill the management loopholes, which may be an important inspiration for us from the new crown, and it is also a worrying problem that needs to be thought about earlier.
Author: Wang Xinxi, Senior Reviewer of TMT This article is not reproduced without permission