Fear can be more harmful than the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in controlling the corona virus disease 2019 epidemic  

作　　者：Shi-Yan Ren Rong-Ding Gao Ye-Lin Chen 

机构地区：[1]Vascular Surgery,Department of General Surgery,Aviation General Hospital,China Medical University,Beijing 100012,China [2]College of Robotics,Beijing Union University,Beijing 100101,China

出　　处：《World Journal of Clinical Cases》2020年第4期652-657,共6页世界临床病例杂志

摘　　要：The current corona virus disease 2019 outbreak caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 started in Wuhan,China in December 2019 and has put the world on alert.To safeguard Chinese citizens and to strengthen global health security,China has made great efforts to control the epidemic.Many in the global community have joined China to limit the epidemic.However,discrimination and prejudice driven by fear or misinformation have been flowing globally,superseding evidence and jeopardizing the anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 efforts.We analyze this phenomenon and its underlying causes and suggest practical solutions.The current corona virus disease 2019 outbreak caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 started in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and has put the world on alert. To safeguard Chinese citizens and to strengthen global health security, China has made great efforts to control the epidemic.Many in the global community have joined China to limit the epidemic.However, discrimination and prejudice driven by fear or misinformation have been flowing globally, superseding evidence and jeopardizing the anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 efforts. We analyze this phenomenon and its underlying causes and suggest practical solutions.

关 键 词：CORONAVIRUS Severe acute respiratory syndrome Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Coronavirus disease 2019 OUTBREAK FEAR Discrimination PREJUDICE 

分 类 号：R563.1[医药卫生—呼吸系统]