[Epoch Times, July 22, 2021](Epoch Times reporter Lin Zixin reported) The epidemic in Taiwan has gradually slowed down, and the coverage rate of at least one dose of vaccine has exceeded 23%. However, it is worth noting that the Sun Yat-sen University of Medicine is attached. Xie Zongxue, director of the children’s emergency department of the hospital, said that the number of imported cases from abroad is gradually increasing. If the Delta virus invades the community before the coverage of the two doses of vaccines is increased, it will cause a devastating blow to the health of the people and the society and the economy. Keeping the border is the only way to survive. .
Xie Zongxue wrote on the Facebook “Dr. E Pediatric Emergency Room Diary” that the number of newly confirmed local cases from July 19 to 21 was 15-18-16, deducting the people who were in home quarantine/quarantine, which is a risk to the community, The number of people with unknown source of infection is 8-9-10, and the number of confirmed cases imported from abroad is 6-6-9 respectively. It can be found that even if the vigilance regulations are slightly loosened, the domestic epidemic situation remains low, and there is no recovery. It is worth noting However, the number of imported cases from abroad has gradually increased, indicating that the foreign epidemic situation has revived and picked up.
According to Xie Zong’s theory, the number of cases in the United Kingdom began to soar from June due to the invasion of the Delta mutant. In addition, after July 19, it was completely unblocked and the peak was even close to the high point at the beginning of the year. However, the death toll did not rise correspondingly, indicating high Although the vaccine coverage rate cannot stop the spread of the virus, it has an amazing protective effect on severe cases, and the mortality rate is extremely low.
However, the death toll is a backward indicator, reflecting the situation 1 to 2 weeks ago, Xie Zongxue said, so the true death toll after the complete unblocking on July 19 needs to observe the change in 1 to 2 weeks and the 7-day moving average. In order to know whether such a policy is correct. However, what Xie Zongxue worries most is not the pandemic after it is completely unblocked, but whether the virus will have new mutations after such a large-scale spread? Will there be more terrifying mutants?
Xie Zongxue pointed out that although the coverage rate of at least one dose of vaccine in Taiwan has rapidly exceeded 23%, it is far from being able to fight against the Delta mutant strain. Therefore, border control must be stricter and not the strictest. “The future of the epidemic will no longer succeed or fail. In the control of the domestic epidemic, the key to victory lies in border defense. If the Delta virus invades the community before the coverage of the two doses of vaccines has increased, it will cause a devastating blow to the health of the people and the society and the economy. Defending the border is the only way to survive.”
As for the emergency authorization of domestic vaccines, Xie Zongxue believes that more detailed information needs to be announced, such as the overall research design of immune bridging, the number of experimental serum samples, the method of neutralizing antibody measurement, and the pros and cons of the review committee. “For politics, there can be many different views, but for science, we can only follow rigorous principles. I hope that the government can provide more sufficient information in the future, because only when it is completely transparent and after public scrutiny can the ultimate trust be obtained.” ◇
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