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Hegel says, “We learn from history that we do not learn from history.” The recurrence of the coronavirus epidemic in China proves his insight to be right.
The first case was reported on December 8, 2019, and it took more than 40 days to surpass the 500th case; there were 571 cases on January 22. Just two days later, there were 1,000 cases. By January 27 there were more than 2,800 confirmed cases. The news anchor asked, “What do you think of the rapid change in the data? What does it mean?”
Dr. Feng said that the transmission capacity of the new virus is stronger than that of SARS. He attributed the rapid spread of the virus during this period to the Spring Festival (January 25-February 2), when as many as 3 billion people travel and can be exposed to, and transmit, the virus. However, we argue that other factors made the growth in cases plateau before January 17 and rise sharply afterward.
Lack of Transparency
In the efforts to control the epidemic, transparency is a key principle to let citizens know how to protect themselves and to let medical and public health personnel know which effective and appropriate interventions should be taken. Now, the National Health Commission updates data on the epidemic every day. There are timely briefings at press conferences in Beijing and other cities to report the updated information on the spread of the virus and interviews with epidemic experts on TV. It is good that the ethical principle of transparency is being followed now. However, there was a lack of transparency earlier in January.
On January 28, a special report titled “The Puzzle of No New Case for 12 Days after 6 January,” published in the online journal YiMagazine, said that, strangely enough, from January 11 to 16, the number of confirmed cases in Wuhan remained unchanged at 41. The lack of reported new cases raised the suspicion that true information was being hidden, and that the public was misled and missed the opportunity to control the spread of the virus.
The author reported that two meetings were held in Wuhan: the Hubei Provincial People’s Congress on January 7 to 10 and the Political Consultation Conference on January 11 to 17. This is the time to sing the praise of the government’s achievement, not to deal with problems and expose mistakes. Hubei Daily published a special report with 12 pages to praise the province’s achievement. In the lower corner of the last page, there was information on the epidemic issued by the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission. During this period, information on the epidemic was not reported every day, and there was no report from January 6 to January 9. The Wuhan Health Commission’s notifications made only the following points: All patients were receiving isolation treatment in medical institutions, no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission was found, and no medical staff members were infected.
The omission of updates on the epidemic and faked, misleading information shifted the public’s attention from the epidemic and inhibited the efforts by medical and public health staff to control it. This is a case in which public health intervention was devastatingly compromised by the politics. It violated Article 37 of the Law on Infectious Diseases, which stipulates that the relevant departments of the people’s government shall not conceal, make false reports, or delay the report of the epidemic situation of infectious diseases. The provincial officials should be legally liable.
Under China’s Law on Infectious Diseases, the government can seal off, or quarantine, the serious epidemic area. What is controversial is whether the decision is ethically justified. In our opinion, it is ethically justified if it is effective in controlling the epidemic, it is proportional to the severity of the epidemic, it is necessary for controlling the epidemic, it is taken with minimal infringement on individual freedom and rights, and it is transparent to the public. Sealing off Wuhan and other cities roughly meets these conditions. Before Wuhan was sealed off, 5 million people living there traveled outside the city. The largest number of confirmed and suspected cases in all other areas of China are people who had traveled to Wuhan or were in contact with people from Wuhan. Sealing off Wuhan may reduce the spread of the virus.
Ethical Issues to Be Addressed
Some decisions made by the government have been beneficial to controlling the epidemic: All medical (inpatient and outpatient) costs for confirmed cases and for outpatient services to suspected cases are covered by the government; the Spring Festival will be prolonged by three days, and the start of the spring semester for school will be no earlier than February 17 to reduce the flow of travel and the spread of the virus; and the central government banned all forms of trade in wild animals until the end of the epidemic.
Coronavirus: A New Threat To Mankind
Coronavirus is the latest epidemic that has broken out in the world jeopardizing the lives of human beings on the planet. The first case of a person infected with this virus was reported from Wuhan, China, on 31 December 2019.
The situation in China is quite critical; as many as 7000 people have been reported dead with this virus across the world. The disease is spreading to other countries. Situation in Iran and Italy is also very critical.
In India to 167 people have been reported infected with this virus. Two people have died. Indian Government has taken many preventive measures. All schools, colleges, universities, cinemas, etc. have been closed till March 31, 2020
World Health Organization has issued many advisories to the people of world to keep themselves safe. Some basic precautionary measures include hygienic precautions such as washing your hands frequently, maintaining distance from people (minimum 1 meter).
The scientists in China and other advanced nations are working round the clock to discover an antidote to the virus. Until then the situation is very critical.
Until its cure is found, only prevention is the best way to deal with it.