The new crown, which is strictly managed as a class A infectious disease, is finally returning to a class B infectious disease.
On the evening of December 26, the Health and Medical Commission announced that from January 8, 2023, the new coronavirus infection will return to the control of Class B infectious diseases, and will no longer be controlled in accordance with Class A infectious diseases, and quarantine will no longer be imposed on entry personnel and goods. Infectious disease management measures. This means that our daily life and entry and exit will soon return to normal, and people will no longer have to “talk about the crown and change color”.
After the new crown returns from “Class B and A tubes” to “Class B and B tubes”, what changes will our lives have? What is the difference between a class A infectious disease and a class B infectious disease? As ordinary people, what should we pay attention to next?
What is the difference between A and B?
According to the current “Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases”, statutory infectious diseases are divided into three categories: A, B, and C. The main basis for judgment is the prevalence and degree of harm of infectious diseases. The national health administrative department may, according to specific circumstances, add or remove statutory infectious diseases, or adjust the classification of infectious diseases.
Before the emergence of the new crown, there were 39 statutory infectious diseases . Among them, there are two types of Class A, namely plague and cholera. This is because they have caused many pandemics in human history. If the treatment is not timely, the symptoms of plague and cholera may be severe and the fatality rate is high; There are 26 types of Class B, and AIDS, tuberculosis, and viral hepatitis (hepatitis A, B, C, etc.) that we are more familiar with all belong to this category, and the degree of harm is relatively lower than that of Class A; 11 types of Class C.
In January 2020, the new crown was included in the category B infectious diseases among the statutory infectious diseases, but it was managed according to the category A infectious diseases , which is the so-called “category B control” .
It is precisely because of the characteristics of the previous “Class B and A control” of the new crown that many people have experienced the unpleasant experience of forced isolation and rapid closure, and entry and exit during the epidemic are even more troublesome.
Why did the new crown change from “Class B and A tubes” to “Class B and B tubes”?
In the early stage of the new crown epidemic, “Class B and A management” is actually reasonable.
The new crown is a new infectious disease. At that time, medical understanding of it was extremely limited, and the population did not have an immune barrier. In order to avoid harm as much as possible and reduce the impact of the epidemic, it is a routine practice to manage sudden and new infectious diseases such as the new crown according to Category A.
Yes, the new crown is not a special case of “Class B and A management” . There are also some Class B infectious diseases that are also managed according to Class A infectious diseases, such as the well-known infectious atypical pneumonia (SARS), human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza, and pulmonary anthrax in anthrax.
Now, the National Health and Medical Commission has announced that the new crown will return to “Class B and B control”, mainly out of scientific and practical considerations .
Scientifically speaking, the virus itself is changing. The incubation period of the currently popular Omicron strain is shortened, its pathogenicity is reduced, and its harm to the lungs is weakened, and it has gradually become a common respiratory infectious disease . The main cause of “new coronavirus infection”, and due to the popularization of vaccines, the severe disease rate and death rate caused by the new crown have been greatly reduced.
Of course, the more realistic reason is that as the efficiency of virus transmission increases and the number of positive cases increases, the social and economic costs required to continue mandatory management will rise sharply, and the feasibility will become weaker and weaker.
What does this mean for ordinary people?
Over the past month or so, the country has gradually loosened control. Nucleic acid is no longer mandatory in many places, centralized isolation has become home isolation, and the blockade of communities and communities has gradually weakened… In reality, the new crown seems to have retreated from “Class B and A control” to “Class B and B control”.
But this time, it is from the national level to clarify the “Class B and B management” of the new crown. The advantage of being clear is that each province and city has a more unified and definite standard for epidemic control, and chaos will be reduced accordingly; in addition, the signal of normalized management is also conducive to reducing public panic, and the distribution of medical and social resources more friendly.
It should be noted that retreating to “Class B and B pipes” does not mean letting go. As mentioned above, Class B infectious diseases also have corresponding management measures.
In our daily life, there are many signs of prevention and control of Class B infectious diseases-the CDCs at all levels will provide free AIDS -related consultation and testing to serve those in need; some hospitals have special tuberculosis clinics , classified Admission of patients; Hepatitis B vaccine has long been included in the national immunization program, and it has become a vaccine that must be vaccinated within 24 hours after birth; even on school and community bulletin boards, you can see explanations of common B infectious diseases from time to time …
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Next, the new crown is like other Class B infectious diseases . Although the prevention and control measures have been adjusted, it is still an infectious disease that is concerned and valued .
While announcing the return of the new crown to “Class B and B”, the National Health and Construction Commission also emphasized the focus of future prevention and control work, including accelerating the increase in the vaccination rate of the elderly, improving the hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system, and increasing drug production and supply capabilities.
For the country, it is necessary to restore health and social functions on the basis of prevention and control.
For individuals, it is still very important to protect themselves and their families. In daily life, we must pay attention to washing hands frequently, wearing masks, ventilating more, and getting vaccinated . People affected by the epidemic also need to slowly rebuild their daily lives and mentality.
In general, this is good news, and I hope our lives will return to normal soon.
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Author: Li Xiaoqiu
Editors: Flip, Gao Qiqi
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