From Toronto The virus is back, this time with more energy, tactics and camouflage. We don't cough No fever, it's joint pain, weakness, Loss of appetite and Covid pneumonia! Of course, the death rate is higher, it takes less time to get to the extreme. Sometimes no symptoms ... let's be careful ... The strain is not domiciled in our nasopharyngeal region! It directly affects the lungs, which means window periods are shortened. I have seen a number of patients without fever, but an x-ray report shows moderate chest pneumonia! The nasal swab is often negative for COVID19! There are more and more false pharyngeal nasal tests COVID19) ... which means that the virus spreads directly to the lungs causing acute respiratory distress due to viral pneumonia! This explains why it has become acute and more fatal !!!Covid21 Be careful, avoid crowded places, wear a face mask, wash our hands often. *WAVE* more deadly than the first. So we have to be very careful and *take every precaution.* Please become an alert communicator among friends and family ... __________ DO NOT keep this information to yourself, share it with your family and friends. Please take care and stay safe ! 🙏❤ 由多倫多傳來的訊息 病毒变形又回來了，這次的"新新冠"病毒更活耀，有技巧和偽裝。 我們不咳嗽, 沒有發燒，只是關節疼痛，渾身無力， 食慾不振和新冠肺炎！ 當然，死亡率更高，達到重症所需的時間更少。 有時沒有症狀...要小心... 該病毒不在我們的鼻咽區域停留！ 它直接影響肺部，這意味著能救命的窗口時間縮短了。 我見過許多不發燒的患者，但是X光檢查顯示中度胸肺炎！ 鼻拭子測試通常是新冠病毒陰性！ 越來越多的錯誤的鼻拭子測試檢查 ...這意味著該病毒直接傳播到肺部， 由於病毒性肺炎而引起急性呼吸窘迫！ 這解釋了為什麼它變得急性和致命得多！ 注意，避免人擠的地方，戴上口罩，經常洗手。 "新新冠病毒" 比第一個新冠病毒更致命。 因此，我們必須非常小心並*採取一切預防措施*。 請成為朋友和家人之間的警惕溝通者... __________ 不要將這些信息只留給自己，要與家人和朋友分享。 請保重並確保安全！ 🙏❤（Google翻譯再加修訂）

Below is medical advice from Albert’s doctor friend regarding Wuhan pneumonia. Please read through as this disease is spreading quickly in Asia. Dr. Yuen Kwok Yung, a highly respected doctor during the previous SARS period gave the following advice in a speech yesterday. 1. He suggests Hong Kong people should try to avoid going to China during this period of time. 2. If going on a flight, make sure you wear a mask. 3. Always have antiseptic cleanser or towel readily available. 4. The virus “Coronavirus” is similar type of virus like the previous SARS or MERS. This time it is OC43. There is still no known method of tackling this virus. 5. If you have to go to the market, make sure you wear a mask. Be very vigilant. 6. Health Authority announced that this virus is very serious. However, as the virus is found to be able to enter your body if your throat or throat mucous is dry, the one precaution they suggest which can be taken is to ensure your throat or throat mucous is always in a moist condition. In fact, they suggest not to allow your throat to become dry, as in 10 minutes of being dry, the virus will find ways to enter into your body. So do not refrain from drinking water, always have a bottle handy. For adults, they suggest drinking 50-80cc of warm water; for children 30-50cc. Just drink if you feel your throat is dry. Do not hesitate. However drinking more than the amount recommended is not necessary, as it will just want to pass through your system. The idea is to “Keep your Throat Constantly Moist” 7. Before end of March, try not to enter crowded places, MTR or public Transport, and wear a mask if necessary. 8. Avoid eating too much deep fried food and take plenty of Vitamen C. 9. Control Centre advice on symptoms of this virus: - fast and high fever, hard to lower, but if successful, the fever will return very soon. - next stage is coughing, in long duration, people affected are mainly children. - Adults has mainly throat symptoms, together with headaches and physical discomforts. - the virus is “highly” contagious. - elderly and young children are most susceptible, so take super precaution. I am afraid this is best I know how in translating for my dear friends and family’s benefits. Good health to everyone.

轉分享： 這是中研院生醫所所長郭沛恩院士 (他也是UCSF 教授）寫給前副總統陳健仁及時中部長，関於目前COVID-19 的一些建議，希望政府能夠接納。 Dear VP Chen, Hope that things are going well. I just completed my 9th quarantine after my 9th trip to Taipei during the pandemic and see that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is now firmly established in Taiwan. While the CECC is moving quickly to address the widening spread of COVID-Omicron and is heading in the right direction, I find that the current policy is unsustainable and the messaging can be much improved. Since I was told that the CECC would welcome my suggestions, I have decided to do so. Please forward this message to the CECC for their consideration. 1. It is now very clear that COVID-Omicron is a very different disease than COVID-ALPHA/BETA/DELTA. Current vaccines are developed from COVID-ALPHA and cannot prevent INFECTION by COVID-Omicron even though they lower significantly the risk of SEVERE DISEASE and DEATH for those who are fully vaccinated and received booster shots recently. In addition, COVID-Omicron is highly contagious and has a very short incubation time; but it causes a milder disease, including shortened disease course and contagious period. 2. Because of the above, contact tracing does not work and avoiding infection is futile except one is in strict isolation or wears a PROPERLY FITTED N95 mask around others (see a very nice article about this in the NYT attached). This means that COVID testing in asymptomatic people is a waste of resources and is justified only in a limited set of situations (such as someone who works closely with vulnerable populations - e.g., nursing home and hospital workers - who has been in close contact with a positive case and needs to test negative to return to work). 3. Although the rate of hospitalization and death due to COVID-Omicron is low, when large populations are infected, the number of severe cases and severe disease is still significant (0.4% of 23 million people hospitalized = 92,000 in the hospital; 0.04% of 23 million people can die = 9,200 deaths) so the key is to keep the vulnerable people from developing severe disease. Medications used for COVID-ALPHA/BETA/DELTA variants such as antibody treatments and Remdesivir, etc., do not work for COVID-Omicron but the oral antivirals from Pfizer and Merck work amazingly well for preventing death (>85% reduction) and hospitalization. Paxlovid has done better in clinical trials to prevent hospitalization but it has many drug-drug interactions so many elderly people cannot use it. Molnupiravir has the theoretical risk of mutagenesis in pregnant women but for the elderly who are past reproductive age, it is a very safe and effective drug to use. I encourage the CECC to contact their counterparts in Japan, Singapore, Israel and the UK to get their experience in using these two oral anti-virals in the recent COVID-Omicron surge. [Full Disclosure: Dr. Dean Li, President of Merck Research Laboratories, is my brother-in-law so I am not pushing the Merck pill for obvious conflict of interest reasons.] Based on the above, my suggestions on messaging are: 1. Tell the country that COVID-Omicron is an entirely different disease than the previous COVID variants so the whole country IS NOT IMMUNE to getting the infection. However, through the sacrifice and cooperation of everyone in Taiwan, the country succeeded in preventing disease and death during the previous waves of infection that caused a lot of problems around the world. This is shared success that the CECC and everyone in Taiwan should take credit, be proud of, and very relieved by. 2. Despite the fact that no one is protected from infection, but because COVID-Omicron is mild, public health policy needs to be adjusted to focus on treating the vulnerable rather than preventing infection of all. 3. Acknowledge that some segments of society have been severely affected by COVID policies so the recovery of these sectors is taken in consideration in updating the public health policy. 4. Acknowledge that some COVID policies were confusing to the public in the past so the new policies will be more consistent and logical. For example, the policy of requiring masking outdoors while people eating at restaurants indoors are not required to mask makes no sense. My suggestions for the new policy are geared towards lowering hospitalization and death rates while avoiding unnecessary disruptions in people's lives: 1. Push vaccination for vulnerable groups (the elderly and those with pre-existing conditions that make them more prone to severe disease). Send vaccination nurses to the nursing homes and neighborhoods with elderly people to get everyone fully vaccinated (including booster shots). Getting the 30% of those 65-75 and 44% of elderly >75 who have not been fully vaccinated and boosted should be a high priority 2. Use the "test positive and treat" strategy for those in vulnerable groups. As I mentioned before, Paxlovid for all but Molnupiravir for those who cannot take Paxlovid. Treat them before their symptoms get worse because it is cheaper to give them the medicine than risk their need for hospitalization. 3. No more putting those with mild disease in special facilities or hospitals so that there are plenty of capacity for those who need hospitalization. 4. Recommend (not mandate with threat of punishment) those who have close contact with COVID-Omicron patients to mask around others for 5 days (no need to do so with household members because they are already given it to them) if they are asymptomatic. 5. No testing of asymptomatic people unless their job requires it (nursing home, hospital, etc.). 6. No more closing schools, factories, or offices because of positive COVID-Omicron cases. 7. No more mandatory masking except for those described in #4 above. People here are so used to masking that many will still do so with the threat of punishment. 8. No more mandatory quarantine, even for those who test positive. Highly recommend those who test positive to wear a mask when around people and not eat with others but not make it a punishable offense. [Treat them like people who have a bad flu, not like criminals.] 9. No more testing or quarantine requirements for visitors from abroad. As the local infection rate is now higher than that many other countries, there is no reason to require new arrivals to do anything different when they are asymptomatic. It's confusing to many that I can go anywhere in the world without quarantine but have to do quarantine plus multiple tests when arriving in Taiwan (and a handful of Asian countries). The benefit of the policies listed above is that the resources of the country are directed toward saving lives rather than collecting lots of infection data. It will reclaim the international travel hub status of Taoyuan International Airport (and not let Singapore and Seoul dominate the air travel sector) and revive the tourism, convention, airline, hotel businesses. It will simplify everyone's life and reduce anxiety. It may be counter intuitive but if you look at the data from the US university campuses and European countries, it is better to get as many young people infected as quickly as possible to shorten the surge while building up herd immunity for COVID-Omicron without a lot of severe cases. The old policy for flattening the curve is to prevent overwhelming the hospitals but with oral antivirals and milder disease, there is no need to flatten the curve. It is better to get the whole surge completed in 2 months like in most countries that pursue a more open policy. I am convinced that when the messaging is clear and based on current understanding of the situation, the people will embrace it and praise the CECC's leadership. Best, Pui -- Pui-Yan Kwok, MD, PhD Director, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Academia Sinica

I liked this message..makes sense to me As time passes in a pandemic there’s a greater chance of survival for those getting infected 3 months later like June 2020 than those who got infected 3 months earlier say February 2020. The reason for this is that Doctors and scientists know more about Covid-19 now than 3 months ago and hence are able to treat patients better. I will list *5 important things* that we know now that we didn’t know in February 2020 for your understanding. 1. COVID-19 was initially thought to cause deaths due to *pneumonia- a lung infection*- and so Ventilators were thought to be the best way to treat sick patients who couldn’t breathe. *Now we are realising that the virus 🦠 causes blood clots in the blood vessels of the lungs* and other parts of the body and this causes the reduced oxygenation . Now we know that just providing oxygen by ventilators will not help but we have to prevent and dissolve the micro clots in the lungs. This is why we are using drugs like *Asprin and Heparin ( blood thinners that prevents clotting) as protocol in treatment regimens in June 2020. * 2. Previously patients used to drop dead on the road or even before reaching a hospital due to reduced oxygen in their blood- OXYGEN SATURATION. This was because of *HAPPY HYPOXIA*- where even though the oxygen saturation was gradually reducing the COVID-19 patients did not have symptoms until it became critically less, like sometimes even 70%. **Normally we become breathless if oxygen saturation reduces below 90%. **This breathlessness is not triggered in Covid patients and so we we’re getting the sick patients very late to the hospitals in February 2020. Now since knowing about happy hypoxia we are monitoring oxygen saturation of all covid patients *with a simple home use pulse oxymeter and getting them to hospital if their oxygen saturation drops to 93% or less*. This gives more time for doctors to correct the oxygen deficiency in the blood and a better survival chance in June 2020. 3. We did not have drugs to fight the corona virus 🦠 in February 2020. We were only treating the complications caused by it... hypoxia. Hence most patients became severely infected. ```**Now we have 2 important medicines FAVIPIRAVIR & REMDESIVIR**``` Which are ANTIVIRALS that can kill the corona virus 🦠. By using these two medicines we can prevent patients from becoming severely infected and therefore cure them BEFORE THEY GO TO HYPOXIA. This knowledge we have in JUNE 2020... not in February 2020. 4. Many Covid-19 patients die not just because of the virus 🦠 but also due the patients own immune system responding In an exaggerated manner called *CYTOKINE STORM*. This stormy strong 💪 immune response not only kills the virus 🦠 but also kills the patients. In February 2020 we didn’t know how to prevent it from happening. Now in June 2020, we know that *easily available medicines called Steroids,* that doctors around the world have been using for almost 80 years *can be used to prevent the cytokine storm in some patients*. 5. Now we also know that people with hypoxia became better just by making them lie down on their belly- known as prone position. Apart from this a few days ago Israeli scientists have discovered that a chemical known as Alpha Defensin produced by the patients White blood cells can cause the micro clots in blood vessels of the lungs and this could possibly be prevented by a drug called Colchicine used over many decades in the treatment of Gout. So now we know for sure that patients have a better chance at surviving the COVID-19 infection now in June 2020 than in February 2020 for sure. India has not peaked in March or April because of the lockdown. This strategy has postponed the Covid-19 pandemic in INDIA by 3 crucial months that has enabled us to save thousands of lives. Going forward there’s nothing to panic about Covid-19 if we remember that a person who gets infected later has a better chance at survival than one who got infected early. Let’s all follow simple precautions like -6 feet distancing from others -Wear proper masks -Work from home whenever possible -Order delivery and take away of food groceries and vegetables - Stay at home during lockdown - Hand 🤚 wash & hygiene With this we can beat the virus 🦠. If someone tells you every one is going to get infected, tell them that you are willing to wait to be the last person... who knows by then we might even have a VACCINE.

This was copied and pasted: I got this from a friend—good advice—- My sister’s husband sits on various boards. This is what he just sent me: I came across this from Stanford hospital board. This is their feedback for now on Corona virus: The new Coronavirus may not show sign of infection for many days. How can one know if he/she is infected? By the time they have fever and/or cough and go to the hospital, the lung is usually 50% Fibrosis and it's too late. Taiwan experts provide a simple self-check that we can do every morning. Take a deep breath and hold your breath for more than 10 seconds. If you complete it successfully without coughing, without discomfort, stiffness or tightness, etc., it proves there is no Fibrosis in the lungs, basically indicates no infection. In critical time, please self-check every morning in an environment with clean air. Serious excellent advice by Japanese doctors treating COVID-19 cases: Everyone should ensure your mouth & throat are moist, never dry. Take a few sips of water every 15 minutes at least. Why? Even if the virus gets into your mouth, drinking water or other liquids will wash them down through your throat and into the stomach. Once there, your stomach acid will kill all the virus. If you don't drink enough water more regularly, the virus can enter your windpipe and into the lungs. That's very dangerous. 1. If you have a runny nose and sputum, you have a common cold 2. Coronavirus pneumonia is a dry cough with no runny nose. 3 This new virus is not heat-resistant and will be killed by a temperature of just 26/27 degrees. It hates the Sun. 4. If someone sneezes with it, it takes about 10 feet before it drops to the ground and is no longer airborne. 5. If it drops on a metal surface it will live for at least 12 hours - so if you come into contact with any metal surface - wash your hands as soon as you can with a bacterial soap. 6. On fabric it can survive for 6-12 hours. normal laundry detergent will kill it. 7. Drinking warm water is effective for all viruses. Try not to drink liquids with ice. 8. Wash your hands frequently as the virus can only live on your hands for 5-10 minutes, but - a lot can happen during that time - you can rub your eyes, pick your nose unwittingly and so on. 9. You should also gargle as a prevention. A simple solution of salt in warm water will suffice. 10. Can't emphasis enough - drink plenty of water! THE SYMPTOMS 1. It will first infect the throat, so you'll have a sore throat lasting 3/4 days 2. The virus then blends into a nasal fluid that enters the trachea and then the lungs, causing pneumonia. This takes about 5/6 days further. 3. With the pneumonia comes high fever and difficulty in breathing. 4. The nasal congestion is not like the normal kind. You feel like you're drowning. It's imperative you then seek immediate attention.

Johns Hopkins University, sent this excellent summary : 😷😷😷👍 * The virus is not a living organism, but a protein molecule (DNA) covered by a protective layer of lipid (fat), which, when absorbed by the cells of the ocular, nasal or buccal mucosa, changes their genetic code. (mutation) and convert them into aggressor and multiplier cells. * Since the virus is not a living organism but a protein molecule, it is not killed, but decays on its own. The disintegration time depends on the temperature, humidity and type of material where it lies. * The virus is very fragile; the only thing that protects it is a thin outer layer of fat. That is why any soap or detergent is the best remedy, because the foam CUTS the FAT (that is why you have to rub so much: for 20 seconds or more, to make a lot of foam). By dissolving the fat layer, the protein molecule disperses and breaks down on its own. * HEAT melts fat; this is why it is so good to use water above 25 degrees Celsius for washing hands, clothes and everything. In addition, hot water makes more foam and that makes it even more useful. * Alcohol or any mixture with alcohol over 65% DISSOLVES ANY FAT, especially the external lipid layer of the virus. * Any mix with 1 part bleach and 5 parts water directly dissolves the protein, breaks it down from the inside. * Oxygenated water helps long after soap, alcohol and chlorine, because peroxide dissolves the virus protein, but you have to use it pure and it hurts your skin. * NO BACTERICIDE SERVES. The virus is not a living organism like bacteria; they cannot kill what is not alive with antibiotics, but quickly disintegrate its structure with everything said. * NEVER shake used or unused clothing, sheets or cloth. While it is glued to a porous surface, it is very inert and disintegrates only between 3 hours (fabric and porous), 4 hours (copper, because it is naturally antiseptic; and wood, because it removes all the moisture and does not let it peel off and disintegrates). ), 24 hours (cardboard), 42 hours (metal) and 72 hours (plastic). But if you shake it or use a feather duster, the virus molecules float in the air for up to 3 hours, and can lodge in your nose. * The virus molecules remain very stable in external cold, or artificial as air conditioners in houses and cars. They also need moisture to stay stable, and especially darkness. Therefore, dehumidified, dry, warm and bright environments will degrade it faster. * UV LIGHT on any object that may contain it breaks down the virus protein. For example, to disinfect and reuse a mask is perfect. Be careful, it also breaks down collagen (which is protein) in the skin, eventually causing wrinkles and skin cancer. * The virus CANNOT go through healthy skin. * Vinegar is NOT useful because it does not break down the protective layer of fat. * NO SPIRITS, NOR VODKA, serve. The strongest vodka is 40% alcohol, and you need 65%. * LISTERINE IF IT SERVES! It is 65% alcohol. * The more confined the space, the more concentration of the virus there can be. The more open or naturally ventilated, the less. * This is super said, but you have to wash your hands before and after touching mucosa, food, locks, knobs, switches, remote control, cell phone, watches, computers, desks, TV, etc. And when using the bathroom. * You have to HUMIDIFY HANDS DRY from so much washing them, because the molecules can hide in the micro cracks. The thicker the moisturizer, the better. * Also keep your NAILS SHORT so that the virus does not hide there.

卫生局发出的通知：这次的EB流感很严重，有预防的方式，就是要保持喉咙黏膜的湿润，不能让喉咙干燥，因此一定不要忍耐不喝水，喉咙的黏膜干燥，在10分钟内病毒就能入侵体内。每次喝50-80cc的温水，孩子30-50cc，依年龄大小，觉得喉咙有点干就喝，不要考虑，也不要忍一下，手边要保持有水可以提供喝才行，水不用一次喝很多，那样是没用的，很快排出体外，而是要一直保持喉咙湿润不干燥才是正确。在3月底前，人多的地方暂时不要去，坐地铁或公车，有需要便请带口罩。炸物辣食先暂停，维他命c要补充够。（大家把这条信息发到家长群里） 疾控中心提醒：近期流感特点：1，快速高烧，不易退，退烧后再次发热。2烧后转入咳嗽期，持续时间长。3儿童居多。4成人以咽部症状为重，伴头痛和周身不适。5传染性强。温馨提示，家长们，家里老人孩子注意谨防全中！ ※室温一定不要高，25度 最近病毒严重，大家照顾好自己的身体，同时提醒孩子注意卫生 Notification from the Department of Health: The EB Flu is very serious this time, The way that has precaution, want to keep throat mucous membrane wet, cannot let throat dry, therefore must not endure not to drink water, the mucous membrane of the throat is dry, in 10 minutes the virus can invade the body. Drink 50-80cc of lukewarm water each time, the child 30-50cc, depending on age, feel the throat a little dry to drink, Dont think about it, dont hold back. Keep water on hand to provide water. Water doesnt have to be drunk at a time. Its useless to get it out of the body quickly. Its right to keep your throat moist and dry all the time. Before the end of March, places with a large number of people should not go. If you need to take the MTR or bus, please wear a mask. Dont make it hot. Dont take too much vitamin c. (Everyone sends this message to the parent group) The CDC reminds: the recent flu characteristics: 1, fast high fever, not easy to reduce, fever after the re-fever. After fever, turn into cough period, the duration is long. Children predominate. Pharyngeal symptoms were the most common symptoms in adults, accompanied by headache and general malaise. 5 Highly contagious. Warm reminder, parents, the old people and children of the family to beware of the whole middle! ※Room temperature must not be high, 25 degrees The virus is serious recently, everybody takes care of oneself body, at the same time reminds the child to pay attention to hygiene to clean, drink water more. 🎉🎉🎉🙏🙏🙏

《重點問題》這種新型病毒被發現，如果你的喉嚨很乾，或者喉嚨黏膜很乾，就會較容易進入體內，而且只要你的喉嚨乾涸超過10分鐘，這個病毒就會找到入口，入侵身體，保持喉嚨濕潤，是預防的一種方法，所以千萬記得要喝水；每當口渴，不要猶豫，馬上喝水，大人每口喝50-80cc，小孩每口喝30-50cc。也不需要喝過量的水，目的只是要保持喉嚨濕潤）！！！ Dr. Yuen Kwok Yung, a highly respected doctor during the previous SARS period gave the following advice in a speech yesterday. 袁國勇醫生，當年香港沙士的抗疫英雄，昨日對於最近的武漢肺炎，作出以下建議： 1. He suggests we should try to avoid going to China during this period of time. 他建議不要去高危地區。 2. If going on a flight, make sure you wear a mask. 如果坐飛機（火車）一定要帶口罩. 3. Always have antiseptic cleanser or towel readily available. （隨身攜帶消毒噴霧，消毒濕纸巾） 4. The virus “Coronavirus” is similar type of virus like the previous SARS or MERS. This time it is OC43. There is still no known method of tackling this virus. （這種新冠狀病毒，類似沙士，現階段没有治療及對付方法。） 5. If you have to go to the market, make sure you wear a mask. Be very vigilant. (去菜市場必須帶口罩，必須要非常非常警惕！) 6. Health Authority announced that this virus is very serious. （香港衛生署發佈，這個新病毒非常強） However, as the virus is found to be able to enter your body if your throat or throat mucous is dry, （而且這種病毒被發現如果你的喉嚨很乾，或者喉嚨黏膜很乾，就會較容易進入體內） the one precaution they suggest which can be taken is to ensure your throat or throat mucous is always in a moist condition. （所以保持喉嚨濕潤，是預防的一個方法）In fact, they suggest not to allow your throat to become dry, as in 10 minutes of being dry, the virus will find ways to enter into your body. （只要你的喉嚨乾涸超過10分鐘，這個病毒就會找到入口，入侵身體）So do not refrain from drinking water, always have a bottle handy. （所以千萬記得要喝水） For adults, they suggest drinking 50-80cc of warm water; for children 30-50cc. Just drink if you feel your throat is dry. Do not hesitate.（每當口渴，不要猶豫，馬上喝水，大人每口喝50-80cc，小孩每口喝30-50cc） However drinking more than the amount recommended is not necessary, as it will just want to pass through your system. The idea is to “Keep your Throat Constantly Moist” （也不需要喝過量的水，目的只是要保持喉嚨濕潤。） 7. Before end of March, try not to enter crowded places, MTR or public Transport, and wear a mask if necessary. （在3月底之前，避免去人多擠逼的地方，例如地鐵，公共交通。如果要去，必須帶口罩。） 8. Avoid eating too much deep fried food and take plenty of Vitamen C. （不要吃油炸的食物，吃大量的維他命C） 9. Control Centre advice on symptoms of this virus: (病徵) - fast and high fever, hard to lower, but if successful, the fever will return very soon. （持續高燒不退，就算退了，很快又再燒。） - next stage is coughing, in long duration, people affected are mainly children. （下一步是長期咳嗽，小孩是高危感染人群。） - Adults has mainly throat symptoms, together with headaches and physical discomforts. （大人主要是喉嚨痛，頭疼，和渾身不舒服。） - the virus is “highly” contagious. (這個病毒具高度傳染性。) - elderly and young children are most susceptible, so take super precaution. （老人小孩是高危受害群，需要特别注意。） I am afraid this is the best I know how in translating for my dear friends and family’s benefits. Good health to everyone. （這是我對家人朋友可以做到最好的方式，以確保各人健康平安！）

OMG! 😱 Information from the National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) doctor team: Within this year you have to keep your distance, do not meet or eat together with people who have contracted covid-19. Must have an understanding of self-protection, do not be careless. (I) Body surgery shows: 1. Covid-19 as a combination of SARS + AIDS. Many doctors assume, patients who have been discharged from the hospital, the nucleic acid test returned positive, this is not a recurrence, but has not fully recovered. This has to do with the characteristics of Covid-19. 2. The immune system is almost completely damaged. SARS only attacks the lungs, does not attack the body's immunity. AIDS attacks the body's immunity. While the damage to the organs of Covid-19 patients is like SARS + AIDS. 3. Acute lung organ damage is the leading cause of death for SARS sufferers. While death due to Covid-19 caused by "failure of many organs". (II) The chairman of the major illness department of the Zhong Nan Hospital of Wuhan University, Prof. Peng Zhi Yong, after performing a body surgery, led the team to discuss the following: 1. Patients who have been discharged from the hospital, the results of blood tests show that the lymphocyte index does not return to normal levels, the patient's immune system does not fully recover. 2. The nucleic acid examination of patients who have recently been discharged from the hospital, is negative, but the immune system is very bad, does not return intact. After leaving the hospital, it will easily return to be positive. 3. This condition is similar to hepatitis B patients, who in the long run will store the virus in their body. 4. Now there is a need to investigate the patient's body that stores the Covid-19 virus whether it can transmit it to other people. (III) Doctors who are in the vanguard of healing, state: 1. Previously there was concentration in first aid for Covid-19 patients. As more and more patients "get well" and leave the hospital, it is necessary to shift focus to the problem of regulating patients who are discharged from the hospital. Prof. Peng Zhi Yong said:" We will explore them next year, the changes that occur in patients who have been discharged from the hospital, the virus that is still stored in his body can be contagious, whether it affects the people around him." 2. In this case, the war against Covid-19 is far from final. ★ So it is recommended: for at least the next year, go out to the house to wear a mask, try to avoid gathering or staying in public places. 国立台湾大学医院（NTUH）医生团队提供的信息： 在今年之内，您必须保持距离，不要与感染covid-19的人见面或一起吃饭。 必须对自我保护有所了解，不要粗心。 （一）身体手术显示： 1. Covid-19，是SARS + AIDS的组合。 许多医生认为，已经出院的患者，核酸检测返回阳性，这不是复发，而是尚未完全康复。 这与Covid-19的特性有关。 2.免疫系统几乎完全受损。 SARS仅攻击肺部，不攻击人体的免疫力。 艾滋病会攻击人体的免疫力。 而对Covid-19患者器官的损害就像是SARS + AIDS。 3.急性肺脏器官损害是SARS患者死亡的主要原因。 而由于Covid-19造成的死亡是由“许多器官衰竭”引起的。 （二）武汉大学中南医院大病科主任彭志勇教授进行了身体手术后，带领小组讨论以下内容： 1.已出院的患者，血液检查结果显示淋巴细胞指数未恢复正常水平，患者的免疫系统未完全恢复。 2.最近刚出院的患者的核酸检查为阴性，但免疫系统非常差，不能完整恢复。 出院后，很容易恢复为阳性。 3.这种情况类似于乙型肝炎患者，从长远来看，他们会将病毒存储在体内。 4.现在需要调查存储Covid-19病毒的患者身体是否可以将其传播给其他人。

加拿大BC 省疾病控制中心提供有關新型肺炎資料，糾正許多網上誤傳資料： News The BC Centre of Disease Control (BCCDC) wants to clear up “several misconceptions” being spread about coronavirus on social media. （希望澄清部分誤解） In a series of tweets, the BCCDC provides a clear explanation about the virus and the ways it can and cannot be transmitted: （清楚解釋病毒傳播的特性） “The receptors for coronavirus are deep in a person’s lungs – a person must inhale enough of the virus that it can actually bind to those receptors deep in the lungs,” （病毒只入侵病者喉嚨深處，病人需吸入一定份量病毒才能粘著喉嚨產生病變）says the BCCDC, adding that the virus is transmitted through “larger droplets that fall quickly out of the air (for example, after a sneeze)” meaning it is not airborne. （病毒粘著較大的飛沫傳播，較大的飛沫會很快下墜，故此空氣傳播是一個誤區） The virus also doesn’t spread through “casual contact.” Individuals must be in close contact (within two metres) to be able to inhale droplets from a cough or a sneeze that is not covered.（要吸入因沒阻擋咳嗽或打噴嚏的帶菌飛涎，應是兩米內範圍或接觸了遺留在物件表面的病毒然後接觸面部引至入侵） If an individual touches a surface or object that has droplets containing the coronavirus, they are not in risk of getting the virus in their body as long as they clean their hands before touching their face or mouth. （祇要勤洗手，就算是接觸了都不會透過皮膚傳染，傳染通常是帶菌的手接觸口眼鼻誘發） “Coronavirus is not something that comes through the skin. This virus is remitted through large droplets that are breathed deep into a person’s lungs,” says the BCCDC. As for masks, they should be used by sick people in order to prevent transmission to others, as the masks help keep droplets contained.（面罩的功效是阻擋患者飛沫亂飛） However, it may be less effective to wear facemask when a person is not sick, as they “may give a person a false sense of security” and increase times they touch their face in order to adjust the mask.（對非患者口罩保護功能不高，反之給了非患者錯誤的安全感，忘記了用未經洗滌的手去接觸臉部而受到感染） So what is the most important thing people can do to prevent themselves from getting the virus? Wash your hands regularly and avoid touching your face, says the BCCDC.（避免感染最好方法是勤洗手洗去接觸到的飛涎及不要用手接觸面部） “Cover your mouth when you cough so you’re not exposing other people. If you are sick yourself, stay away from others. Contact your health care provider ahead of time so you can be safely assessed.”（患者的責任是咳嗽及打噴嚏一定要把口鼻掩蓋，如有病徵要立即尋求醫護並事前通報以能作出避免病毒傳播）