英文文宣 - 為何我們戴口罩 2.0
Why Asians are so radical in containment of this virus and why should everyone be doing the same?
Why do I write this post? Because as a healthcare professional, I had to do a COVID-19 test so that I can ensure I won’t be passing it to the patients I have contact with. And guess what? HALF OF THE PATIENTS waiting for COVID-19 test at the lab ARE NOT WEARING a mask and are coughing like crazy.
Previously I talked about the rationale of asian wearing masks in a public health point of view.
Today, I will talk a bit more from a humanity perspective, why you should wear a mask if you have one, perform social distancing as much as possible and minimize unnecessary outdoor activities.
Again, the beauty of history is for us to learn, so we don’t step on the same shit over and over again.
Yes, we had a huge shit in 2003 during SARS epidemic where hundreds of lives were lost, economy took a huge toll, millions of jobs and businesses are gone, countless people went bankrupt. And today, we don’t want to step on the same shit ever again. Here are what we learned and why we think you should not take this virus lightly.
It is not uncommon to see the following arguments from westerners, DESPITE the outbreak is imminent and uncontrolled currently in the UK, EU & USA.
1. Stop reporting number of cases, this is fear mongering
-> I wonder whether you should fear more if every country is not reporting cases and try to suppress all relevant information like what China did in Nov and Dec 2019.
A. Introduction to public health 1001 teaches us that it is incredibly important to remain high transparency between the health authority and public so that the public can ADJUST their LIFESTYLE according to the degree of outbreak. If there are many community transmission cases, one should refrain from attending and public events and minimize public exposure so that they can reduce the risk of infection and the risk of passing to other people should they be infected.
B. Reporting cases transparently is to allow other coutries to implement appropriate border control and screening measures to ensure that when you travel to other countries, you are not BRINGING THE VIRUS an INFECTING other people in those countries.
C. When someone says giving briefs and reports everyday or every few hours is fear mongering, it just reflects how inconsiderate and irresponsible you as a person in this society are. Because you NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT OTHERS, you only THINK OF YOURSELF that the news and reports are making you nervous. If you are responsible and considerate, you would have understood that, this COVID-19 is not small thing, it has the potential to wipe out a significant proportion of our population if not dealt with vigilantly. If you have thought about these repercussion, you wouldn’t say it’s fear mongering, you would be actively advocating for containment of the virus.
2. Why are you forcing people to do social distancing and limit their activities?
-> why? Because these are the most EFFECTIVE MEASURES that cost NO MONEY.
A. No one is telling you to hoard toilet paper or soap or hand sanitizer. We are only telling you to be vigilant, stop going out for bars, pubs, clubs, sports activities. Does that cost you an arm or leg to not go out? NO! It even save you a couple of hundreds if you do it for a few weeks. What does it bring us? LESS, A LOT LESS, A LOT A LOT LESS community transmission cases which are extremely difficult to contain in a public health point of view.
B. second, if you are now living in a deserted island by yourself, I honestly couldn’t give two shits whether you isolate yourself, perform social distancing and minimize social contacts or not. But you are LIVING in a HUMAN COMMUNITY where you are not the only one that want to survive and live happily ever after. Everyone has his responsibility in public health, you not doing your part is essentially putting other at risk of serious health repercussion which I don’t think anyone is entitled to do so.
3. This is just another flu, most young folks are in mild condition
-> Surely at-risk population such as elderly, patients with chronic diseases and cancers, immunocompromised patients don’t quite matter in this society. Might as well get rid of them? Are you seriously that selfish?
A. Sure, you probably can survive this virus if you are a young and fit individual. But guess what? Continue going out when you are asymptomatic it mildly symptomatic, thinking that it’s just a flu so not even wearing a mask, shaking everybody’s hands and kissing everyone’s cheek, you probably bring a few down to ICU if not the morgue. The mortality rate between ar-risk population is incomparable to the general population. You are just a selfish prick if you believe that this is just a flu because you never even thought about how other lives may be affected and love ones of others may be gone because of your actions. Yes, SELFISH PRICK.
B. I couldn’t reinforce enough on the importance of education and reading in this dreadful moment. Whoever believes this is just a flu, please spend an hour and read the publication in various medical journals such as Lancet and NEJM and for once in your life, read the mortality and complication rate of patients NOT YOUR AGE AND CATEGORIES, then we can talk again on the ridiculous perception of “this is just a flu”
C. Some people think that as long as they don’t die, it’s not serious. Ever heard of the term “complication” and “sequelae”? Again, spend an hour and go read, then you will know why it is not just a flu and how your inconsiderate choice of actions in this community can permanently damage someone’s lung +/- testicles. Yeh, go read if you don’t know, education is very important these days.
No, I personally am not super worried of COVID-19, because I consider myself young and fit and I perhaps exceptionally high standard of infection control. But I’m worried about the patients that we have in the hospitals, I’m worried about my parents who have chronic diseases, I’m worried about the general public who may not be able to access medical services should this outbreak continue to be uncontrolled because our medical system is heavily overloaded now.
Yes, mortality rate is not super high if we have hospital beds, if we can provide critical care services to patients with complication, if there are enough manpower to handle all severe cases so we don’t need to end up like Italy and make that painful decision to choose who to live and who to go.
Please, wake up and start preparing for it. Be a responsible and considerate person in this dreadful moment.
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