China has recently reported local cases of Wuhan pneumonia, and it is worth noting that Chinese epidemic prevention expert Zhong Nanshan recently suggested at a seminar that the Wu lung virus was originally human-to-human, and now there is a new problem of “environmental transmission”. Some commentators believe that Zhong Nanshan’s words imply that the domestic epidemic has gotten out of hand.
Zhong Nanshan: Wu lung virus appears “environmental transmission”
Guangzhou Daily Newspaper Group’s Dayang Network reported that Zhong Nanshan said at the 2020 Goldfield Medical Academic Committee Symposium on Dec. 19 that the Wu lung virus was originally human-to-human, but now “environmental transmission” has become a new issue, and the laws of this transmission route are still to be studied. He also claimed that there are two major risks to the prevention and control of the epidemic in China, one is the importation from abroad, and the other is the “environmental transmission” of the virus, including whether the virus in the cold chain packaging will make people infected? How high is the concentration of the virus before infection occurs? How many days can the virus survive?
In addition, Zhong Nanshan said, winter and spring is the influenza season, which is more accurate monitoring and diagnosis of doctors put forward higher requirements. For example, the flu patients appear fever, runny nose, fatigue, muscle aches and other symptoms, which is very similar to the signs of Wuhan pneumonia, in the end is the flu or Wu lung? Once the wrong diagnosis is made, it is not allowed, which also increases the difficulty of diagnosis.
Regarding Zhong Nanshan’s remarks, Tang Hao, host of “Crossroads of the World” and senior editor of international affairs, told “Look at China” that on September 20, Zhong Nanshan said “the epidemic will continue to exist this winter and next spring,” and Zhang Wenhong also said “a second wave of the epidemic is inevitable,” which actually showed that the Chinese Communist Party was making a kind of public opinion.
Tang Hao further said that the Chinese Communist Party officials knew very well that the epidemic in China had never stopped and that there would be a new peak in the winter. “Now Zhong Nanshan once again throws out the new thesis that the epidemic is ‘environmental transmission’, which means that the domestic epidemic has been spread quite widely, and it is difficult for the CCP to even easily dump the pot on foreign countries or ‘overseas import’; at the same time At the same time, it also reveals that the recent epidemic around China is likely to spread quite rapidly, beyond official expectations, and that it is becoming increasingly difficult for officials to “maintain stability by the numbers” and that the epidemic may not be able to be suppressed soon, so Zhong Nanshan was asked to come out early to guide public opinion.”
“One is to imply that the next official may have to gradually announce more and more confirmed cases, and the second is also in the name of ‘environmental transmission’, the official cover-up of the epidemic, the responsibility of ineffective epidemic prevention to ‘environment’. ” Tang Hao said.
As of 2 a.m. on Dec. 20, content on the mainland social media platform Weibo with the hashtag “Zhong Nanshan said the new coronavirus (also known as the Chinese Communist virus, COVID-19) has become environmentally transmitted” had attracted 440 million followers and 28,000 people discussing it. The content has attracted 440 million followers and 28 million people discussing it. However, the platform on the netizen message almost only see the same official caliber comments, and some other netizens message lamented the horror and helplessness of the virus, “the new crown virus with us to play hide and seek for nearly a year …… now play the ‘game’ of spreading the medium again ‘…what to do?” “This year is really too hard….”
The content of Weibo with the hashtag “Zhong Nanshan said the new crown virus appears to pass from environment to people” has attracted 440 million people’s attention. (Photo source: Weibo)
Zhong Nanshan’s attitude changed again and again to become a person under question
As for Zhong Nanshan, in fact, since the outbreak of Wuhan pneumonia in China earlier this year, his words and actions have been changing again and again with the official attitude of the Chinese Communist Party, which has caused a lot of controversy outside.
In January, after nearly a month of official concealment of the outbreak, Zhong Nanshan said in his first interview with CCTV that there was a risk of “human-to-human transmission” of Wuhan pneumonia; in February, Zhong Nanshan said that cured patients generally would not be re-infected; in April, Zhong Nanshan said he was confident that the outbreak would be under control by the end of April and that there would not be a large number of “asymptomatic infected” people in the country.
In May, in an interview with CNN, Zhong changed his tone and said that there was “a growing risk of a second wave of outbreaks” in China. In the same month, in addition to touting the success of the Communist Party’s epidemic prevention efforts, Zhong also touted the progress of domestic vaccine research in the world’s top tier.
But on September 18, at the Global Forum on Science and Life and health in Beijing, Zhong Nanshan said that although four vaccines had entered Phase III clinical trials in China, the idea that a vaccine would be available this year was “too optimistic”.
On Nov. 27, Zhong Nanshan revealed again in Shenzhen that China had received feedback on four cases of both H1H3 influenza A and New Guan. Currently for the flu and Wu lung protection method is by wearing masks and other ways. Zhong Nanshan also said that, according to experience, to find a “good vaccine” available for widespread use used to take at least 5 to 6 years, and now it takes at least 2 or 3 years.
What is more surprising is that on the 12th of this month, Zhong Nanshan went to his alma mater, South China Normal University, to unveil a statue of Zhong Nanshan, a move that sparked a lot of backlash from the Chinese people, who believe that “erecting a monument to a living person” is really against Chinese tradition. Chinese writer Gao Valin criticized Zhong Nanshan for not unveiling the statue; retired Xinhua News Agency reporter Gu Wanming also said Zhong Nanshan should not engage in publicity activities that highlight individuals; Chinese rights activist Dong Guangping said Zhong Nanshan was “a typical figure (who) was promoted by the Chinese Communist Party for propaganda purposes”; Beijing current affairs observer Hua Po said Zhong Nanshan’s role in the Wuhan pneumonia epidemic was limited. He said that Zhong Nanshan was awarded the Republican Medal for his limited role in the Wuhan pneumonia epidemic, which he considered as “fetching fame”.
Earlier, Zhong Nanshan had also endorsed Chinese medicines such as “Lotus Clear Fever”, which doubled the share price of Yiling Pharmaceuticals, which produces “Lianhua Clear Fever”, and caused the share price of the company’s founder, Wu Yiling, who is also a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, to double. The family of Wu Yiling, the founder of the company and a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, has seen its wealth skyrocket and become the richest among Chinese academicians. The subsequent folk kicked out, Zhong Nanshan and Wu Yiling relationship is extraordinary, Zhong Nanshan as even flowers clean plague related companies funded experts, there are huge interests behind the entanglement.
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