SARS and its decade-long aftermath
- By Yan Xiaoqing
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Ye Xin, head nurse at the Emergency Department of Guangdong Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, died ten years ago, right as SARS swept across China in 2003. She was the first medical member of staff to die in China after SARS had broken out. Her name brings up the following question: What could we do if a SARS-type virus breaks out tomorrow morning?
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Fang Bo, a SARS survivor, has had several major surgeries on his necrotic femoral. |
The human body produces antibodies against a specific virus after recovering from the specific virus-induced illness. Like the human body, the Chinese government had gradually formed "antibodies" against the "virus" that was China's disease control system after SARS.
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Zhang Wenrong, a SARS survivor. |
Medical staff has become better trained and equipped in regards to self-protection and treatment measures since SARS. Over ten billion has been invested into improving the Chinese disease control system since then and thousands of infectious hospitals have undergone reforms. As a result, the system has gotten rid of its epidemic station mode and created a direct network report system.
The bigger "SARS antibody" for China is that it's improved on the publication of government information, the accountability of officials, international cooperation and the public's right to know the truth.
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