The Spring Festival is approaching, people in Tiannan and Haibei are looking forward to family reunion, with the longing for home to embark on the way home, during this period of crowd flow and gathering activities increase, the risk of respiratory disease infection increases, in addition to personal protection, active vaccination is also an effective measure to reduce the risk of respiratory disease infection.
1. At present, influenza is still the main acute respiratory disease in China.
Monitoring data show that influenza is still the main acute respiratory disease in China recently, and other respiratory diseases are at a low level. Among them, the proportion of influenza B has increased, resulting in a small fluctuation in the influenza epidemic.
Experts believe that in winter and spring, China will continue to show a trend of alternate or common epidemics of a variety of respiratory diseases, and influenza viruses will still be the main ones in the short term.
Second, if you get influenza A, you may also get influenza B.
Influenza A and influenza B are two subtypes of influenza, and there are certain differences between them, so it is not possible to develop complete cross-immunity to influenza B after passing influenza A. Although the two viruses have something in common, the antigenicity of the two viruses is different, so the effect of cross-immunity is limited.
After infection with influenza A or B, if the patient is relatively weak, it is still possible to be infected with another subtype of influenza virus.
Influenza vaccination can prevent both influenza A and influenza B, and people who have been vaccinated are less likely to develop influenza A and B in succession.
3. The Spring Festival will increase the risk of transmission of COVID and other respiratory diseases.
The significant increase in the flow of people during the Spring Festival travel period, coupled with the increase in visits to relatives and friends, meals and gatherings during the Spring Festival, may further increase the risk of transmission of respiratory diseases such as influenza and COVID-19.
It is important to note that there are several groups of people who are infected with respiratory diseases and are prone to developing critical illness:
The first category is the special population in medicine, such as the elderly, infants, pregnant women, etc.;
The second group is people with underlying diseases, such as chronic respiratory diseases, coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular diseases, malignant tumors, and long-term use of immunosuppressive drugs.
Therefore, it is recommended that the public take scientific prevention and control measures to effectively reduce the risk of contracting respiratory diseases.
Fourth, actively get vaccinated, do a good job of personal protection, and spend the New Year in good health.
It is recommended that the public, especially high-risk groups, such as the elderly and patients with chronic underlying diseases, should actively receive vaccines such as new crown, influenza and pneumococcal to effectively reduce the risk of contracting diseases and severe disease.
At the same time, it is necessary to develop good hygiene habits, pay attention to rest, balance diet, ensure adequate sleep, and improve the body's immunity; And do a good job of personal protection, during the Spring Festival travel and public transportation, or when going to a closed environment or crowded public places, it is recommended to wear a mask scientifically.
Finally, we call on everyone to actively get vaccinated, let the vaccine escort our health, and spend a happy and peaceful Spring Festival together!
References: 1] Healthy China, The National Health Commission held a press conference on the introduction of winter respiratory disease prevention and health tips (transcript) [EB ol]. 2024-01-25].
2] CCTV News. You ask the doctor to answer|Is influenza B more serious than influenza A? [eb/ol]. 2024-01-13] .
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