Sax: Eastern and Western Division in the control of crown disease

Jeffrey Middot; saxophone

Although the 2019 coronary virus disease epidemic has begun to occur in China, and other parts of East Asia have close trade and personnel with the country, the performance of this area should be better than the United States and Europe.Europe and the United States should master the anti -epidemic methods of East Asian countries as soon as possible to have the opportunity to save countless lives in the West and other parts of the world.

The important starting point of the two is the number of cases and deaths per million crown disease per million.The number of East and West in this regard is simply different.Europe and the United States have been swallowed by the epidemic: the number of diagnosis per million people from 814 (Britain) to 3036 (Spain), the range of death per million people is 24 to 300; while in East Asia, each million people per million people are per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million people per million.The number of confirmed cases is between 3 (Vietnam) and 253 (Singapore), and the number of deaths per million people is between 0 and 4 (all data as of April 7).

Compared with Western countries, East Asian countries have not systematically lowered the number of cases or deaths in infection.Both regions were tested on the approximate proportion.

It is important that the differences between the two places are not stricter by economic blockade in East Asia.Google has recently released a set of eye -catching data based on the reduction of activities in various fields in various economies.Data from Google's consumer field shows that in East Asia, the degree of damage of people's daily life (from January 3 to February 6th) is not so serious.

East Asia and Western countries in public health and economic conditions reflect the three main differences between the two regions.First of all, East Asian countries are more prepared for the outbreak of the new disease.In 2003, the Shats epidemic was like an alarm clock, and the osteo pain fever epidemic in some East Asian countries and regions strengthened this information.

On the contrary, people in Europe and the United States seem to think that Shas, Ipora virus, Zika virus, and bone pain are far away from them. They feel abstract, and they feel that these (except Shas) are mainly tropical diseases.As a result of the former consciousness strengthening, when China first publicly reported on December 31 last year, when a case of abnormal pneumonia occurred in Wuhan, the country's alertness in the entire East Asian region was much higher than that of Europe and the United States.

In terms of epidemic control, early action is essential for curbing spread.Since early January, most neighbors China's neighbors have begun to reduce personnel with the former, and immediately strengthened the actions of case detection and tracking.East Asian countries have also deployed a variety of new digital technology to monitor the spread of the virus.

When Western countries appeared locally in the local area, they seemed careless.The American Disease Control and Prevention Center has obtained information from the China Disease Prevention and Control Center on January 3, and the first case in the United States was diagnosed on January 20, but until January 31, US President TrumpIt was only announced to take a travel ban on China.But even at that time, these key restrictions were not taken seriously.The latest estimation shows that after the outbreak was disclosed, 430,000 people arrived in the United States from China, of which about 40,000 people arrived after the so -called travel ban in Trump.

East Asian people also know more about what preventive measures should be taken.The masks are widely used, at least since Shats.In contrast, the Western authorities told the public not to wear a mask, part of the reason to leave limited masks to medical staff, and the other was that officials underestimated the benefits of the mask in reducing the new infection.Similarly, the greater safety distance and less handshake etiquette between hand washing and people have become part of the daily life of East Asian people.

Finally, as people move around in public places, offices and other crowded places, the East Asian authorities have greatly strengthened the screening of the symptoms of infection.In many enterprises, the temperature of the time when employees enter the workplace, and the transportation hubs such as airports and railway stations have also installed body temperature monitoring equipment; but in Europe and the United States, this approach has not yet existed.

China's epidemic is the most serious in East Asia, so in a sense, it is also the most inspiring to the United States and Europe.Unlike neighboring countries, from mid -December last year to mid -January this year, China has experienced several weeks of epidemic disease.As of January 23, there were 375 confirmed cases in Hubei Province where the city was located, and there may be more unproven cases (symptomatic but not detected or asymptomatic infected).The virus has also begun to spread throughout China, and other regions have reported a total of 196 confirmed cases.

At that stage, China has taken extremely severe measures: prohibiting all travel and public places activities; fast deployment of online systems that can track personal whereabouts and implement the isolation order; implement large -scale testing and comprehensively monitor suspected symptoms.These measures are indeed extremely extreme, and have caused widespread criticism from the outside world, but they are also very effective.In just a few weeks, China has controlled this full -scale outbreak and a rapidly spreading epidemic. In the eyes of many experts, this is a feat that is almost impossible.

Many people have questioned whether China's strict control measures can work or accept it in the United States or to Americans, but the United States must learn lessons from China's success and learn successful experience in East Asia in a wider sense.Just as the President of the National Institute of Health, Francis Collins, published this in a comments: Most people think that the means we should take is too harsh, but this is only because other means are not strict enough (to control the epidemic)Just.

Europe and the United States failed to control the epidemic, and the shortage of life -saving equipment and other life -saving equipment and medical staff died due to lack of basic protection equipment, which exacerbated this tragedy.Public health response measures will play a decisive role in preventing all population in the West and all over the world.In the West, the correct means of response requires us to learn everything from East Asia as soon as possible.

Author Jeffrey D. SACHS is a professor of Sustainable Development and Health Policy and Management of Columbia University in the United States.

English Title: The East-WEST DIVIDE in COVID-19 Control