Eliminate new coronavirus misunderstanding! Is it safe to eat Chinese food abroad?

As of 24:00 on February 3, 20438 confirmed cases have been reported in China and 160 in overseas countries Novel coronavirus infection in the early morning of February 1st, WHO director general Tan Desai, a news conference, has shown that the outbreak of pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus has constituted a public health emergency with international concern With the development of the epidemic, the misunderstanding of China and the epidemic from overseas countries is overwhelming, and even some people ask, "is it safe to eat Chinese food?" Recently, the novel coronavirus public information conference was held in New York by the New York Medical College Disaster Medicine Center (NYMC) Medical experts, elected officials of New York medical center and city and state health officials answered the public's misunderstanding Myth 1: 2019 ncov spreads faster and more infectious than any other pathogen According to the novel coronavirus, the spread of measles virus is stronger than that of the new coronavirus The measles virus did not spread very quickly because most people were vaccinated against measles Novel coronavirus is more infectious than measles, pertussis and poliomyelitis, from the average number of infected people Myth 2: 2019 ncov is more lethal than any other pathogen Mary Foote, senior medical coordinator for infectious disease prevention at the New York City Department of health, said: "everyone infected with the new coronavirus will eventually die But it's more common because of heart disease, cancer, geriatric disease or other diseases than infection, and in most cases years later Because no one lives forever " According to statistics, novel coronavirus pneumonia patients died of about 2%, which is far lower than the Ebola virus 50% mortality rate, Marburg virus about 50% of the lethality rate, as well as rabies virus close to 100% mortality rate Misunderstanding 3: 2019 ncov is made in the laboratory and spread intentionally Whenever there is an outbreak of disease, conspiracy theory will follow Some people say that novel coronavirus vaccine is a patent for a company and has created the epidemic But there is no evidence that the virus was made to benefit from vaccines There is another theoretical problem with this misunderstanding: there is no effective vaccine yet Myth 4: there is a vaccine that can stop the epidemic Vaccine research and development is very difficult and requires a lot of time, money and real science First, the real virus or bacteria that caused the problem must be found Then we have to find a way to make a really effective vaccine The vaccine must then undergo rigorous safety testing After a series of research tests, the vaccine can be judged whether it is effective or not and whether it can be put on the market So no effective vaccine has been developed yet Novel coronavirus five: every have a fever and cough case is caused by new coronavirus The symptoms caused by novel coronavirus are very similar to those of upper respiratory tract diseases, causing some panic But as long as there is no contact with infected people, when there are fever and respiratory symptoms, it is likely to be more common diseases, such as upper respiratory diseases Myth six: novel coronavirus China is infected with Chinese food or other products produced in China The products made in China are sold all over the world, and some people are worried about the products made in China An expert group member stressed that the food packaged in China may be heated to a temperature sufficient to kill the virus first, and the virus cannot survive in the process of packaging and transportation Novel coronavirus is feel alarmed by the misunderstandings of other countries We are also afraid of all kinds of news, identifying the correct news, correctly understanding the new coronavirus, actively fighting against the virus, and dedicating ourselves to the early settlement of the epidemic Reference source: coronavirus: here are 10 Misconceptions being spread It is stated that: the viewpoint of this article only represents the author, not the position of yaozhi.com, and welcome to exchange and supplement in the message area; if you need to reprint, please be sure to indicate the author and source of the article.