The lockdown was lifted in one month, and the "guaranteed supply" drugs attracted much attention, and the new pattern of capital wrestling
Since the beginning of December, the whole country has entered the stage of opening up, from the previous national epidemic prevention to the present"Precise epidemic prevention"This paradigm shift is commendable, and the root cause of the turnaround in pandemic prevention efforts is the decline in the rate of severe illness and mortality from omega.
However, the opening of the population also brought countless challenges, because Omicron is extremely contagious, so no one expected it to spread so quickly, and in just half a month, many cities have reached their peak.
The result of the increasing number of infections is overmedication, and although the severe illness and mortality rate of omicron is low, the symptoms of infection are common, and almost everyone has difficulty getting rid of symptoms such as fever and cough.
My family and I were in the first wave of infections, but fortunately the symptoms were not very severe, basically just a fever for two days and then a cough for a while, in addition to no other serious symptoms.
If there is a fever and cough, there will be a situation of medicine, and the problem arises here, a large number of residents are concentrated, and the demand for medicines is naturally great, but when residents go to pharmacies and hospitals to buy medicines, they find that they can't buy them.
The reason for this is that some people have done it"Hoarding"After the pharmacy opened, they quickly looted the drugs in the pharmacy, and when others could not buy the medicines, they turned to sell the medicines in their hands.
Such things have happened many times in the last month, and the most profitable business has indeed been written into the criminal code.
However, in the face of this situation, the state did not let it go, on the one hand, it is severely cracking down on all kinds of illegal and criminal acts of hoarding and price hikes to prevent the outbreak of the epidemic, and on the other hand, the order of drugs has been rectified.
Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) clearly mentioned the production of antipyretics, antigen detection reagents, vaccines, oximeters and other drugs and basic medical supplies that the masses are concerned about, and answered them one by one.
First, the daily output of antipyretic analgesics ibuprofen and acetaminophen increased to 1900 million pieces, an increase of more than 4 times from the beginning of December, and the cumulative production since December 1 is 248.8 billion pieces, **market 241.2 billion pieces.
Second, the daily production capacity of antigen detection reagents has increased from 60 million in early December to 1100 million servings;The number of N95 mask manufacturers has increased from 50 in early December to more than 500, with a daily production capacity of more than 1900 million, finger clip pulse oximeter daily production from 1150,000 units increased to more than 250,000 units.
Judging from the official data, the supply of medical consumables has been put on the agenda, and the next step will be to strengthen the construction of production capacity to ensure the needs of the masses.
However, at the same time that the state solved the big problem, capital made a new calculation.
On the evening of December 31, 2022, one"US xbb1At the top of the list is 5 strains, which mainly attack the cardiovascular system and the stomach, and the use of montelukast preparations is recommended"The screenshot of the quickly leaked, and then montelukast appeared in the hot search.
After this news came out, it was the biggest positive for montelukast, and sure enough, on the first day of 2023, montelukast was removed from the shelves for sale, and then various experts appeared, suggesting that everyone should not use montelukast indiscriminately.
This is also the scene where various medicines and effervescent tablets began to be recommended in early December, and it was also said on the Internet that steamed oranges were good, but the oranges doubled, and the Internet said that steamed pears were good, and as a result, Sydney pears were sold for 10 yuan a catty.
The whole country, after nearly a month of difficult scheduling, finally made a variety of medical supplies in high demand, but what people didn't expect was that the capital really shot again, so the original very low demand montmorillonite bulk became a hot commodity overnight.
In the current environment, everyone is running for a livelihood, and in the past three years, due to the impact of the epidemic, many people's income has not been guaranteed, but it is in such a difficult background"National disaster"But it continues unabated.
Capital is really clever and is eating away at people's self-control and willpower, and when capital eats away at our flesh and blood, we must resolutely say no to capital.
Finally, I hope that in 2023, we can all be safe and healthy, not plagued by diseases, and not swallowed up by capital. Let's work together to create a better future for ourselves!