Schröder Imke
University of California Center for Laboratory Safety and the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, UCLA, 607 Charles E Young Drive, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States.
J Chem Health Saf. 2020 May 11;27(3):160-169. doi: 10.1021/acs.chas.0c00035. eCollection 2020 May 26.
COVID-19 is a newly emerging viral respiratory disease first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease is caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which is related to the viruses that cause SARS and MERS. While the case fatality ratio for COVID-19 (5%) is far lower than that for SARS (11%) and MERS (34%), COVID-19 is spreading relatively uncontrolled at this time across the globe. In contrast, SARS appears to be contained, and MERS is controlled. This paper will explore why COVID-19 is able to progress to a global pandemic that affects our daily lives to an extent not known in recent history. The COVID-19 outbreak and spread will be examined based on the current literature, using a researcher's perspective of risk assessment and risk mitigation; this approach will be related to public health.
2019年12月，新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）作为一种新出现的病毒性呼吸道疾病首次在中国武汉被发现。该疾病由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）引起，此病毒与引发SARS和中东呼吸综合征（MERS）的病毒有关。虽然COVID-19的病死率（5%）远低于SARS（11%）和MERS（34%），但目前COVID-19正在全球范围内相对不受控制地传播。相比之下，SARS似乎已得到控制，MERS也处于可控状态。本文将探讨为何COVID-19能够演变成一场影响我们日常生活的全球大流行，其影响程度在近代史上尚属未知。将从研究人员的风险评估和风险缓解角度，基于当前文献对COVID-19的爆发和传播进行审视；这种方法将与公共卫生相关联。
