Suppose I wanted to find out how China managed to so quickly defeated coronavirus. If possible using information from the internet.

Perhaps from a Chinese language newspaper, but which one? Or government reports?
Given that Taiwan eliminated coronavirus even before mainland China, perhaps look there too?

mollwollfumble said:

Suppose I wanted to find out how China managed to so quickly defeated coronavirus. If possible using information from the internet.

Perhaps from a Chinese language newspaper, but which one? Or government reports?
Given that Taiwan eliminated coronavirus even before mainland China, perhaps look there too?

From China Daily (national newspaper), some background.

Top-level biosafety lab begins work By Wang Keju (China Daily) 2018-01-06 07:31

• China has put its first level-four biosafety laboratory into operation, capable of conducting experiments with highly pathogenic microorganisms that can cause fatal diseases, according to the national health authority.Level four is the highest biosafety level, used for diagnostic work and research on easily transmitted pathogens that can cause fatal diseases, including the Ebola virus. The Wuhan national level-four biosafety lab recently passed an assessment organized by the National Health and Family Planning Commission, according to a news release on Friday from the Wuhan Institute of Virology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Chinese scientists develop new flu vaccine (Xinhua) 2018-02-17 18:41

• A research group from Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, announced that they have developed a new type of flu vaccine using nano-technology. The 3M2e-rHF nanoparticle is a promising, needle-free, intranasally administered, cross-protective influenza vaccine. It worked well against infections of H1N1 and H9N2 virus in mice.

27 quarantined in Wuhan due to viral pneumonia. By HOU LIQIANG in Beijing and ZHOU LIHUA in Wuhan (CHINA DAILY) 2020-01-01 07:53

• Twenty-seven people infected by viral pneumonia have been quarantined in the Hubei provincial capital of Wuhan, and those who were in close contact with them are being watched closely. … media release from the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission … Their main symptom is fever, a few of them also have breathing difficulties. So far, no person-to-person transmission has been found as the investigation continues. No medical worker has been infected. White-clad medical workers were busy spraying sanitizer in the local seafood market with their faces masked. Those with the symptoms, especially persistent fever, should seek medical services.

44 infected in Wuhan pneumonia outbreak. By CAO YIN in Beijing and ZHOU LIHUA in Wuhan (CHINA DAILY) 2020-01-04 00:00

• A total of 44 people in Wuhan, Hubei province, have been diagnosed with viral pneumonia as of 8 am. Many possible types of virus have already been eliminated. … media release from the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission …

Transparency prevents panic in virus case By Zhang Zhouxiang (China Daily) 2020-01-07 07:20

• The pneumonia cases were first reported on Dec 31. SARS, MERS and bird flu have been eliminated as causes. 59 infected.

New virus behind pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan By WANG XIAODONG (chinadaily.com.cn) 2020-01-09 08:49

• A new coronavirus has caused the pneumonia outbreak. (Of 59 pneumonia patients) 15 of them tested positive for the virus.

Pneumonia in Wuhan claims first fatality By LI LEI | China Daily | Updated: 2020-01-13 10:55

• Local health authorities said on Saturday they had completed sequencing the genetic material on Friday and found 41 cases were linked to the newly identified virus. They said 739 people in close contact with the pneumonia patients – including 419 medical staff – had been placed under medical observation and no related cases had been found. There was no evidence of human-to-human transmission. Local authorities said the patient who died was a 61-year-old man with abdominal tumor and chronic liver disease who was a regular visitor to a market in Wuhan that sold live fish, animals and birds. Many of the pneumonia cases have been traced to the market, and it was disinfected and shut down on Jan 1. All 59 suspected cases were reported between Dec 8 last year and Jan 2, with no more since then. The authorities have urged the public to be on the alert for pneumonia-like symptoms like fevers, body aches and breathing difficulties and to go to hospital when they have such symptoms. They have recommended the use of facial masks, and warned the public to avoid crowded places.

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In summary so far, note that . Wuhan already had a world class virus research facility before the first case, the best such research facility in China – talk about good luck!

the first public announcement was on the 1st Jan 2020. The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission has been a major player, limiting the spread of the virus by closely watching close contacts of sufferers even way back then, and had professionals wearing masks and disinfecting public places from day one. Also on day one, an immediate call for those with fever to come forward. That’s three good medical initiatives on day 1.

Later newspaper reports come from Hong Kong, re-reporting stuff from the mainland. It’s more important to read reports from the mainland, because Hong Kong did a really bad job of containing the outbreak.

It appeared that the virus had been stopped on Jan 2 because no new cases in the whole of China between then and Jan 13. Even so, good medical warnings were issued, the fish market closed down, and 739 people were under medical watch by 13 Jan.

Chinese newspaper image from day 7.

mollwollfumble said:

how anyone managed to so quickly defeated coronavirus. If possible using information from anywhere

these aren’t new lessons in epidemiology and public health

they know how to stop pandemics

what’s new is the growing disinformation industry, the absurd levels of self interest and the triumph of politics over expertise

the virus details are different to previous ones obviously but there aren’t any individually new features

SCIENCE said:

mollwollfumble said:

how anyone managed to so quickly defeated coronavirus. If possible using information from anywhere

these aren’t new lessons in epidemiology and public health

they know how to stop pandemics

what’s new is the growing disinformation industry, the absurd levels of self interest and the triumph of politics over expertise

the virus details are different to previous ones obviously but there aren’t any individually new features

> they know how to stop pandemics

I’m not sure they do. Take day one in Wuhan for instance – I really can’t imagine medical professionals spraying disinfectant around food markets in Australia on the very day that a pneumonia cluster is first discovered.

And this more than 12 days before any person to person transmission is first observed.

Notice how in Wuhan people are told to see a doctor if they have signs of fever, pneumonia, especially fever with breathing difficulty. Correct.
In Australia, people were told to see a doctor if they have a cough, sore throat or headache. Totally farking wrong.

In Wuhan, people start wearing masks from day 1. In Australia we were told not to wear masks, masks were not available. Neither were thermometers.

In Wuhan, 700+ people were under medical supervision while the total number of cases (worldwide) was still only 41.

> the growing disinformation industry, the absurd levels of self interest

I often, very frequently, find it extraordinarily difficult to tell the difference between stupidity and corruption. Let’s take an example, suppose a person involved in vaccine development with a vested interest in one vaccine is cited as a peer reviewer for a paper describing a competitor vaccine. Then the law is set up so that that peer can block the competitor’s vaccine release for more than six weeks simply by giving a bad review of the paper. So that law – was it set up for exactly this purpose, to foster corruption, or was it just set up by a total incompetent?

All right, fair point.

The knowledge of how to prevent pandemic disasters is established out there and has been for decades.

Whether authorities and advisers in various countries or states or regions are aware of it, or choose to apply it, we decline to further comment.

SCIENCE said:

All right, fair point.

The knowledge of how to prevent pandemic disasters is established out there and has been for decades.

Whether authorities and advisers in various countries or states or regions are aware of it, or choose to apply it, we decline to further comment.

Knowledge certainly but only with the advent of smartphone has constant surveillance and tracking using QR codes made a seemingly perfect contact tracing effort possible in the PRC for example.

Witty Rejoinder said:

SCIENCE said:

All right, fair point.

The knowledge of how to prevent pandemic disasters is established out there and has been for decades.

Whether authorities and advisers in various countries or states or regions are aware of it, or choose to apply it, we decline to further comment.

Knowledge certainly but only with the advent of smartphone has constant surveillance and tracking using QR codes made a seemingly perfect contact tracing effort possible in the PRC for example.

to be fair SARS-CoV-1 went away without all that, even if it’s less infective, just old school infection control

SCIENCE said:

to be fair SARS-CoV-1 went away without all that, even if it’s less infective, just old school infection control

Or more likely went away for reasons that had nothing at all to do with infection control.

mollwollfumble said:

SCIENCE said:

to be fair SARS-CoV-1 went away without all that, even if it’s less infective, just old school infection control

Or more likely went away for reasons that had nothing at all to do with infection control.

¿the upgrade to 3G, the ultraviolet bleaching light, or the deity?