80-90% of People in China May Get COVID, Expert Says....

Source:OT-Team(S,J), Sina, Beijing News

Feng Zijian, former deputy director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and a member of the expert group of the National COVID-19 Prevention and Control Mechanism, recently proposed that, when the next large-scale epidemic outbreak reaches its peak in China, the infection rate may reach about 60%, and eventually 80%-90% of the population may get infected.

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.