United States should learn from China experience in Covid-19.
K. W.Seeto, MD
I mentioned earlier in another article that the highly infectious Covid-19 virus makes the slogan "social alienation" easier to understand and logical. The key is to "flatten the curve": slow down the rate of infection growth and delay the infection so that the cases can be dispersed, even if the final total does not change. Flattening the curve will slow new cases into the hospital, reduce the burden on healthcare infrastructure, and increase the chances of survival for individual patients. If too many patients flock to the hospital, the hospital will not function. Limited intensive ward, limited ventilator. Therefore, suspension of school and shutdowns will reduce the number of parties, friends, and people, and travel abroad, unless you must do it. Delays also give scientists and doctors time for research.
China's experience is worth learning from.
Emphasizing patients with mild symptoms and asymptomatic infections, the United States has the ability to use the power of the federal army to quickly build fever clinics and mild isolation hospitals, similar to China's square cabin hospitals. Those who are in close contact with those suspected of being isolated at home, cut off the source of infection, and use high technology to track contact history. Virus-positive isolation at home does not seem to be enough and they will nfect family members.
In severe cases, those who need oxygen are treated in regular hospitals.
In addition, the federal government should provide financial relief to a large number of unemployed middle classes.
It's time to use the Federal Money and army technology. With the national strength of the United States, it must succeed.
