80-90% of People in China May Get COVID, Expert Says....
Source:OT-Team(S,J), Sina, Beijing News
Feng
told that, the number was calculated with mathematical models, and the
exact time of the next large-scale epidemic outbreak is closely related
to the way control measures are implemented in different regions, the
number of existing infections, and the number of people traveling.
He
also mentioned, with the increase of the infections among the
population, a heterozygous immunity composed with vaccine immunity and
the natural immunity caused by infections will be formed, so that the
general population will get a stronger immunity level, and finally make
the Omicron infection feel like a common periodic and seasonal
respiratory infectious disease.
After the normalized nucleic acid
testings were canceled and home-treatment medicine guidance was
proposed for mild/asymptomatic infections, the demand for antigen
self-test kits and various medicine for cold and fever increased
significantly.
According to the health column of People's Daily,
since December 4, many pharmacies in Guangzhou, Beijing and other cities
have seen surged sales for antigen self-test kits, and delivery time
for order reservations can be up to one week due to the lack of stock.
Zhang
Zhongde, an expert of the National COVID-19 Epidemic Medical Treatment
Expert Group and president of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of
Traditional Chinese Medicine, pointed out in an interview with CCTV
that, currently the symptoms caused by COVID-19 are mainly fever,
headache, sore throat, and dry cough. Only a small part of infections
may have symptoms of systemic pain and diarrhea. These symptoms are very
similar to flu symptoms, or even milder.
For
asymptomatic infections, or infections with mild or ordinary symptoms,
the nucleic acid testing results can turn negative very quickly after
recovery. It takes only 5 to 7 days generally, or around 11 days for a
small part of infections.
It would be enough to properly stock up
on some daily medicines for fever and pain-relief at home, and there is
no need to hoard too many other medicines.