The article is from the WeChat public account: Earth Knowledge Agency (ID: diqiuzhishiju) , the original title “Germany, fully prepared, God bless”, oF: Sven Fan seniors, Drawing: Sun green
In the Chinese Internet world, Germany may be the country at the top of the contempt chain. It is almost synonymous with efficient, orderly, and rigorous ingenuity. At the beginning of the spread of the epidemic in Europe, Germany also won a wave of praise for its early cases but zero long-term deaths.
But the number of confirmed diagnoses in Germany has now surpassed France, becoming the third in Europe, and the death data has already broken to zero, breaking the myth of invincible German medical treatment. As the epidemic entered a climbing phase, the number of confirmed diagnoses and deaths began to increase, and the early praises seemed untenable.
Today, there were 10,000 cases in France, and yesterday it was 10,000 in Germany.Example
In the end, how is Germany going to prevent epidemics? What ingredients are exaggerated in German epidemic prevention? Which is worth learning from us?
Development of the German epidemic
Germany is one of the earliest European outbreaks in Europe. At present, there is a view that Italy ’s mysterious zero patient is also from Germany.
Heinsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, February 25, (Kreis heinsberg) , a 47-year-old male patient was confirmed to be infected with the new crown virus. Before confirming the diagnosis, he entered the hospital twice to check for chronic diseases, and then participated in a carnival of about 300 people in the nearby county, becoming a super communicator.
From this day, Germany was also forced to join the fight against viruses (picture from Reuters / twitter)
What’s worse, his wife is a kindergarten teacher.
Although the local government has adopted emergency suspension measures and conducted investigations on close contacts, it is difficult to trace them completely. At the time, the patient may not be the only man. The epidemic has since spread to Germany, where there is no alert. With 240,000 people in Heinsberg County as the center, North Rhine-Westphalia has become Germany. The most severely affected areas.
The epidemic situation in western Germany is obviously more severe than that in the east. The well-developed transportation, dense population, and origin in the west are all reasons, and the epidemic situation in all parts of Germany is obviously worsening simultaneously. (The picture on the left is March 9th, and the picture on the right is March 20)
In the following days, outbreaks also occurred in two states in southern Germany, and single-digit diagnoses began to appear in the western and southern states. With the exception of Berlin, where transportation is convenient and the economy is developed, the epidemic situation only appeared in the former East Germany where the economic level was relatively low and the transportation conditions were also slightly worse.
By March 8, the number of confirmed cases in Germany had broken through, and the epidemic was concentrated in the west and south, showing a rapid growth trend.
But most Germans have not taken corresponding measures against the epidemic, and do not even think that the new crown virus is so terrible. They think it is just an influenza virus. The daily life of the Germans has not been disrupted, but there has been a huge Women’s Day parade.
As usual, no one can stop the procession, and viruses can’t (picture from Dante Busquets / Shutterstock.com)
The Buddhist sect in Germany is closely related to the attitude of the media. At this time, the highly-circulated newspaper “Süddeutsche Zeitung” is still emphasizing not to panic because of the epidemic. The focus of prevention is to wash your hands frequently. It is not recommended that healthy people wear masks. Other newspapers hold the same views, but instead”Voice of the Country” has a reporter’s suggestion to refer to the experience of China ’s national defense epidemic, but it is clear that the Chinese version of “Voice of Germany” is not a media that Germans often watch.
The official attitude has always been this way, and the media is even more ignorant of viruses (picture from https://www.berlin.de/corona/faq/) < / p>
At this time, the economically developed Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in the south have become Germany’s two or three states with severe epidemics, more serious than Berlin. On the same day, the Lombardy region and 11 provinces in Italy were completely closed.
Italy, especially Lombardy, was quite serious at the time, and people who left Milan imported many cases in other parts of Europe (Italy March 6 epidemic situation )
However, the response of the German government is still relatively flat, and the virus surveillance is not active. Patients with suspected new coronary pneumonia symptoms should be treated as flu if they have not been to the epidemic area. In Baden-Württemberg, where the epidemic is severe, the government just advises against stockpiling.
Two days later, Germany’s attitude became serious. The New Crown Virus Crisis Group proposed to cancel all large gatherings of more than a thousand people and strictly control the southern border, while Prime Minister Merkel “if this situation continues, this group will face High infection rate, experts predict up to 60%-70% “is really scary.
The two states close to Italy (Bavaria, Baden-Wurttemberg) obviously cannot ignore the influence from Italy (Germany March 9)
In the following days, as the epidemic developed, the Ministry of Health allocated funds for protests and allowed hospitals to recruit retired health care and interns. The state governments have successively introduced stricter policies to restrict public opportunities and business activities. Germans Gradually began to pay attention to the epidemic situation, and the problems of snapping and stocking also appeared.
It’s too late to restock on the shelf, look at it (2020.03.18. Berlin, picture from Dante Busquets / Shutterstock.com)
Germany finally blocked the border on March 16. At this time, rather than preventing the importation of overseas cases, it is better to prevent patients from entering their neighboring countries.
On the 17th, measures in Germany began to increase. The federal government proposed to close a large number of stores, ban worship services, the federal government requires that the number of critically ill beds in German hospitals be doubled, allow nursing homes and hotels to be converted into isolation wards, and Berlin to transform exhibition centers into square cabins. The hospital … the peak of the epidemic seems to be coming.
The joint establishment of a hospital with the German Federal Defense Air Force, the number of confirmed patients has surged, and existing beds are insufficient (Image: Senatsverwaltung Gesundheit Pflege Gleichstellung / twitter) < / p>
The similarities and characteristics between Germany and Europe
Germany now has more than 10,000 diagnoses and fewer than 100 deaths. But With the problems caused by the shortage of medical resources, the death rate is likely to increase. Everything that happened here had too many similarities to the epidemic situation in other European countries, and also had German-specific content.
Italy confirmed cases are twice as many as Germany +, but deaths are already eight times as many as Germany + (3405). The medical system is under too much pressure. Important reasons (Bergamo, Italy, picture: Grabowski Foto / Shutterstock.com)
On the one hand, similar to other European countries, economic centers and transportation centers have also become epidemic-focused places.
The worst North Rhine-Westphalia borders Belgium and the Netherlands, with a population of 18 million and an area of 34,100 square kilometers. It is the most populous and economically developed region in Germany, as well as the administrative embodiment of the famous Ruhr area. In 2017, the GDP exceeded that of Argentina. Dusseldorf, Cologne, Dortmund, and Essen, all important cities in the northwest, are located in the state.
NRW is Germany ’s economic engine, as is Lombardy for Italy. This time both engines are among the worst affected areas (picture from : Shutterstock @ MarcelClemens)
The state also has well-developed transportation. It has the world’s largest river port Duisburg, Germany ’s densest railway network, and highways that connect with neighboring countries. It is more convenient to go to Germany or to neighboring countries.
The Rhine is the golden waterway, Duisburg is the iron water hub above it, and the lowlands are the lower countries (picture from: google map)
On the other hand, people are not prepared for the epidemic.
The sudden outbreak of new crown pneumonia, no one could have anticipated that it would spread globally and cause damage on this scale. Especially when 2020 2When China was still the epicenter of the epidemic, European countries were clearly not ready to spread the epidemic in Europe. A considerable number of people overestimated their own medical care and their physique, but underestimated the virus, and the epidemic would not even occur. Illusion in Europe.
They came over without masks (picture from Dante Busquets / Shutterstock.com)
This paralysis has obviously affected media coverage of the epidemic. Until recently, the German media’s coverage of the domestic epidemic began to become overwhelming, promoting home isolation, and the public gradually realized the seriousness of the problem and began to appear an empty street scene.
Empty (2020.03.19. North Rhine, picture from Erich Teister / Shutterstock.com)
In terms of epidemic prevention, Germany’s advantage lies in its relatively developed medical industry. Germany has a high level of hospitals, including about 28,000 intensive care beds, which can largely meet the needs of critically ill patients.