Hong Ziren, an adjunct associate professor at the Institute of Medical Management of Yangming Jiaotong University, believes that most of the deaths from the epidemic have other comorbidities, and the diagnosis of the new crown is not the main cause of death.

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[Reporter Lin Huiqin/Taipei Report] In response to the development of Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) in China, Professor Zhan Changquan of National Taiwan University School of Public Health said that this year is a disaster year for Taiwan's new crown pneumonia, and it is expected that it may become the fifth leading cause of death for Chinese people, but Hong Ziren, an adjunct associate professor at the Institute of Medical Management of Yangming Jiaotong University, holds a different view, arguing that the number of deaths from the new crown exceeds 10,000, but most of them have other comorbidities, and infection is not the main cause of death.

Hong Ziren said that the cause of death is divided into the main cause of death and the secondary cause of death. The ten major causes of death are calculated based on the main cause of death. In other words, when the death is diagnosed with diseases such as A, B, and C, A will be used as the basis for calculation.

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Hong Ziren pointed out that, looking at the current death cases from the infection, only a small number of young cases such as 30 and 40 years old may have no history of chronic diseases. After diagnosis, death due to changes in the course of disease is a direct cause of death from the new crown virus, and the new crown diagnosis will be included as the main cause of death, but Most of them have a history of co-morbidities. They already have cardiovascular diseases such as cancer and stroke. Infection may accelerate the deterioration of the disease, but it is not the main cause of death.

Therefore, Hong Ziren believes that the claim that the diagnosis of the new crown will become the fifth leading cause of death for Chinese people is probably overestimated. .

In addition, some people have been making a fuss about the recent cases of confirmed cases in Taiwan being higher than other countries. Hong Ziren also bluntly said that it is not possible to take the high rate of confirmed cases in the past week to say that Taiwan is very high, and simply use data from a certain period of time to estimate the overall situation of the epidemic. The comparison is really unfair.

Hong Ziren mentioned that due to the late development of the epidemic in Taiwan, it is now in a plateau period, while foreign countries are in a low plateau period. Comparing the plateau period with the low plateau period does not conform to the spirit of seeking truth from facts. If this is the case, why not 6. Compare when Japan and South Korea were at a high point and Taiwan was at a low point in July?

Hong Ziren also added that even taking this year's Omicron pandemic as a time point, the fatality rate of Taiwan's entire population is about 4/10,000. Although it is higher than Japan's 2/10,000, it is similar to New Zealand, South Korea and other places, and it is also low. 8/10,000 in the UK.

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