As the new coronavirus epidemic continues to spread globally, a phenomenon has attracted attention on social media -- the virus appears to be "extraordinarily active" in politics, culture and sports.
Including dozens of dignitaries in various countries including the Chairman of the Italian Democratic Party, the French Minister of Culture, the First Vice President of Iran, the First Lady of Canada and the Minister of Home Affairs of Australia, Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks and his wife, and some well-known sports club stars and coaches They were diagnosed with the new coronavirus.
This can't help but make people wonder whether celebrities and politicians in these countries have easier access to virus testing than the general public, or are there other reasons?
Francois Balloux, a professor of computational systems biology at the University College London (UCL), recently analyzed the Times magazine that "there are many more politicians infected than accidentally found by statistics. A possible explanation is that the proportion of diagnosed patients is too high. One possible explanation is that these people may have more people than ordinary people. "They always shake hands and always meet people."
At the same time, Barox also put forward a point of view: Compared with ordinary people, politicians will be "detected immediately" when symptoms occur, without having to go through procedures such as calling a virus detection hotline.
However, for this statement, the professor did not give any official documents to support the difference in treatment of virus detection among different populations.
Just today, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau tested positive for a new coronavirus. After returning from London, England, she developed mild flu-like symptoms, including a low fever, late on the 11th, and was tested for a new coronavirus.
File photo: Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau and his wife Sophie, who tested positive for new coronavirus
On the same day, Australian Home Minister Peter Dutton issued a statement on social media saying that he had fever and sore throat when he got up that morning, and then contacted the Queensland Health Department for a new coronavirus test, and It was learned that the test was positive that afternoon.
Symptoms found in the morning and diagnosed in the afternoon are related to Australia's response to the outbreak.
The New York Times reported on March 12 that Australia had an early coordinated plan to respond to the pandemic, and virus testing was free and widely available in the country.
All medical tests in Australia, from blood tests to stool sample tests, are done by the private testing industry.
The industry mobilized a few days after the new coronavirus genome was announced in China, with the help of the government's National Medical Insurance (Medicare), providing patients with free new coronavirus testing.
In addition, anyone who has traveled in a country with a new coronavirus outbreak, or who may have had contact with a patient or suspected infection, can be tested for the virus in Australia if they have symptoms.
It is worth mentioning that the famous American film actor Tom Hanks and his wife were tested for the new coronavirus in Australia yesterday and the results were positive.
If the celebrity couple were in their own country, the United States, they might not have been so "lucky"-The New York Times reported that the cold, body pain, and chills that the two people experienced may be in the United States Not enough conditions for new coronavirus detection.
As the United States, which has the highest health care expenditure in the world, the virus detection capability in this outbreak has caused rickets on major American media and social media.
Although U.S. Vice President Pence boasted that "every American must be tested for nucleic acids," the current detection capabilities of the U.S. health system are far from meeting current testing needs.
During a congressional hearing on March 12, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Democratic congressman from Florida, pointed out on the spot that even front-line nurses who need to be tested have not been able to get a test.
So she asked Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who is responsible for testing in the United States and how to ensure that everyone can do it?
However, the answer to this question made her "frustrated". Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, bluntly stated that the US detection system "is not really suitable for our needs now. It cannot do what you ask (Everyone can test.) This is a failure, let's admit it. "
At a time like this, Trump has been particularly calm.
On March 12, Fabio Wajngarten, the head of the media affairs department at the Brazilian presidential palace, was diagnosed with the new coronavirus pneumonia. Just a few days ago, he had a happy photo with Trump and US Vice President Pence at Trump's Haihu Manor.
In the red circle, the head of the Media Affairs Department of the Brazilian Presidential Palace was diagnosed. From the social media. In the red circle, the head of the Media Affairs Department of the Brazilian Presidential Palace.
The Trump White House responded that Trump did not need to be tested in such close contact with confirmed patients. When Trump himself was asked related questions on the 12th, he responded again with "don't worry".
However, CNN quoted sources as saying that Trump was actually worried about contacting the virus-infected person. "He is worried about everyone he has seen and infected, including Brazilians."
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