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 The Reasons Coronavirus Disease Spreads

         Coronavirus is like a bomb suddenly

exploding into a terrible nightmare. At the end

of 2019, this tiny demon had silently come to us.

Until the very last day of the year, WHO (World

Health Organization) had received forty or more

cases of coronavirus disease reported from a city

in China, named Wuhan. However, people

overlooked the power of coronavirus. We were

not aware yet that this was only just the first

wave of the disaster it brought to us then. With

more and more cases observed, people

eventually started to face the seriousness

of coronavirus. The experts want to know what

caused the virus to rage.

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         First of all, the timing is an essential key that caused the spread of coronavirus disease. When the experts traced back to the time of outbreak, it was not difficult to find that it exactly corresponded with the festival of Chinese Lunar New Year. This very unexpected timing gives the spread of virus a great opportunity. According to the statistics provided by Mainland Affairs Council (2016), there are about three billion people taking public transportations home during every Lunar New Year. Although the possible infectious routes of coronavirus still cannot be clarified, the experts speculate that the virus is spread through flying particles of the saliva or phlegm of a sick person on the basis of the cases of cluster transmission. Therefore, the huge swarm of crowd gathering in an enclosed space and being on their way home highly elevated the rate of infection. Based on the report of NOWNEWS (2020), there is a casualty of coronavirus who was a Taiwanese taxi driver. The government tracks down the possible resources of infection and finds that the casualty had driven three Taiwanese merchants coming back from China during Lunar New Year home. The casualty had probably caught the virus from these Taiwanese merchants. He passed away just twenty days after the symptoms appeared. We can say that the flow of throngs during Lunar New Year is definitely one of the reasons that causes the spread of coronavirus disease.

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the crowd of every Lunar New Year in China

         Secondly, the incubation period of coronavirus results in the further expansion of infection. Since the coronavirus was discovered, the medical crew soon realized that the virus is a very tricky one due to the long incubation period. Incubation period means the time in which a patient has caught the disease, but the symptoms haven’t revealed yet. According to the information given by the Chinese government and WHO, the approximate incubation period of coronavirus is between two to twelve days. In other words, when people are hanging out together, they won’t know whether the guy sitting beside them and

seeming healthy is infectious

or not. What’s worse, this

cunning virus has a reaction

of fake negative or relapse

which means after you are

seemingly healed, you still

have a possibility of

recurrence. The experts

explain that as the viruses

in patients’ body lessen, the

viruses will hide themselves

at the lower respiratory tract.

When the patient is getting

examination, the examiner will only sample the mucous membrane of nose or pharynx and miss the viruses remained. Thus, the virus can secretly grow stronger again in our bodies and attack us. According to the news reported by Chinese Television System (CTS) (2020), a seventy-year-old patient taking the diamond princess cruise ship was originally healed in Japan. Unfortunately, after she came back to Taiwan, the reaction of her second and third examinations turned positive. She has to struggle to defeat the coronavirus again. Consequently, because of the uncertainty of incubation period, the coronavirus spreads fast and leads to a huge panic of human beings.

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the potential infection beside you

         The third reason which is also the main reason why coronavirus gets to spread globally is that the coronavirus is too new for us to control it. As more and more cases of coronavirus disease happen worldwide, we have no choice but to admit that we don’t have any feasible curing method for coronavirus disease at present. Facing this savage virus, the thing we can do is to provide proper treatments for each patient based on our past experiences and intuitions. Until now, all of the cases that have been cured are purely due to the defense of their immune systems with little medical assistance. Besides, the other things we can do are to pray and take every way to prevent                                                                                                                                                 ourselves from infection.                                                                                                                       However, as we mentioned                                                                                                                   above, we still don’t know the                                                                                                             exact infective route of                                                                                                                           coronavirus. We know very                                                                                                                 little about coronavirus. As a                                                                                                               result, it is hard to control the                                                                                                             resource of infection and take                                                                                                             the accurate measures. The                                                                                                                 rate of being cured can hardly                                                                                                             catch up with the ascending rate of confirmed cases. Also because coronavirus still has numerous uncertain factors we don’t know, people tend to overlook its harm and are not even ready to fight with the “unknown”. According to a recent news by ETtoday(2020), an Italian member of parliament went to the council with a mask. To his surprise, he wore the mask out of protection and prevention purpose, but the other parliament members teased his action. Even the members of parliament didn’t realize the seriousness of coronavirus, not to mention the citizens. People who are not aware its seriousness not only make many wrong judgements on the consequences the virus brings but also result in the spread of coronavirus indirectly.

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         From the above, there are three causes that lead to the spread of coronavirus. First of all, the huge flow of population during Lunar New Year causes the spread of coronavirus. Secondly, the unconfirmed patients who are under the incubation period will spread the virus unknowingly. Thirdly, coronavirus occurs for the first time. We still don’t have solutions to cure the disease, and some of us underestimate the power of the virus. Hence, the coronavirus is further spread by our ignorance and arrogance. Therefore, as we much understand the reasons that cause the spread of coronavirus, we have to warn ourselves to follow the instructions given by the experts and doctors. Don’t let our carelessness become the leak of epidemic prevention and make the same tragedy happen again.

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Bibliography

Taiwan Centers for Disease Control. (2020). FAQs of COVID-19. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov.tw/En/Category/QAPage/LnqBFJsulw6fW3nswc04Yw

 

References

Mainland Affairs Council. (2016). The Phenomenon of Spring Transportation in Mainland China. Retrieved from https://www.mac.gov.tw/News_Content.aspx?n=EAF760724C4E24A5&sms=2B7F1AE4AC63A181&s=17AFBF7A02C08D24

 

NOWNEWS. (2020). The driver infected Wuhan pneumonia dies Chen Shih Chung “Tracking on three Taiwanese merchants from China Hong Kong Macao” Retrieved from https://www.msn.com/zh-tw/news/living/%E9%81%8B%E5%B0%87%E6%AD%A6%E6%BC%A2%E8%82%BA%E7%82%8E%E4%BA%A1-%E9%99%B3%E6%99%82%E4%B8%AD%E5%B7%B2%E9%8E%96%E5%AE%9A%E8%BF%BD%E8%B9%A43%E5%90%8D%E4%B8%AD%E6%B8%AF%E6%BE%B3%E8%BF%94%E5%9C%8B%E5%8F%B0%E5%95%86/ar-BB103AeZ

 

CTS. (2020). Cunning Coronavirus “Fake Negative” Causes Infective Risk. Retrieved from https://news.cts.com.tw/cts/life/202003/202003031992455.html?fbclid=IwAR3A9KusxRn-Ee5v4QJLtatinrVcK4V5K959ffm_kniItG-AyjlXmFwlkio

 

ETtoday. (2020). Italian councilor teased by wearing mask took off mask angrily “Nuts! I have been to three epidemic area!”. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyZDZjH8wu8&t=76s

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