Overcoming Infectious Diseases 克服感染性疾病 (3)

Infectious agent is not our enemy
感染病原本无敌意

Another highly confused issue of infectious disease is:

(B) Infectious Agent 

Most common concept about infectious agent is that

it is the enemy of human beings.

While this is true in some limited context,

in which the infectious agent causes 

paralysis of our normal routines or even death,

infectious agent only causes significant impact

when: 

i. we have low immunity due to 

   improper diet, lifestyle, living environment and mental state

ii. the intensity (dosage and frequency) of 

    exposure to infectious agent is unusually high  

iii. the strain of infectious agent is 

     unusually novel (hence virulent) in its genetic make-up

When we are able to resolve the 3 concerns above,

we can live harmoniously with the infectious agent after infection

The corresponding measures are: 

i. build immunity through nourishing and easy to digest diet 

-- so that our bodies have all the nutrients to function 

-- eating an easy to digest diet will help conserve more energy to be diverted into immunity

 

ii. reduce intensity through social distancing, masking, handwashing and less outing 

iii. restrict cross-borders travelling (containment of the infectious source) 

     so that the novel strain will mutate into less virulent strain gradually

-- from infectious disease studies, we know that

    the more virulent an infectious agent, the less contagious it is; 

    the more contagious the infectious agent, the less virulent it becomes.

    

-- infectious agents in order to improve their own survival (through increased contagiousness), 

    will naturally mutate to become less virulent, given sufficient time to interact with herd immunity. 

   (the next blog post will elaborate more on mutation of infectious agents) 

    

If we implement all the above 3 measures together,

an infectious disease could be overcome within 12-24 months.

Ultimately, an infectious agent is not here to kill humanity 

(hence it's not truly an enemy).

Infectious agents causes chaos and death in a community 

(always for just a temporary transitional period only),

when the community has not yet adjusted with 

the emergence of the new member (i.e. the novel infectious agent) 

in our biosphere (collective term of all living things in a circle) 

We have the same feeling 

when we see a new colleague coming into our work place.

If we adjust well quickly, 

the new colleague actually evolve with us.

If we take longer time to adjust, 

the new colleague may look like our "enemy"

The more "eccentric" this new colleague is, 

the more "pain" we suffer at work place (during the transitional period).

But we know eventually both old and new colleagues will harmonise, 

as we want our lives to move on.

Hope the above information, 

and deeper understanding about infectious agent,

give us more confidence and less fear

during this adjustment period,

By good will,

Kee Yew

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还有一个严重被误解的感染性疾病课题是：

(B)感染病源

虽然在特定的处境，感染病原的确给人们带来生活上破坏，甚至是死亡，

病原一般上只在以下特定条件之下才会带来显著冲击：

i. 由于不良饮食、生活、环境、思维而造成免疫低下

ii. 异常的高密度（剂量和频率）接触感染原

iii. 异常新的感染病原菌株（故杀伤力极高）

如果我们能够解决以上3个关键，

人类染病后是可以和感染病原和谐共存的。

相对应的方案是：

i. 通过营养和容易消化的饮食增强免疫力

-- 确保有充足营养让我们身体灵活操作

-- 易消化的饮食能保守能量，灌注在免疫提升

ii. 通过社交距离、口罩、洗手、少出门来减缓与病原的接触

iii. 限制跨界串行（隔离感染源）来让新株病原逐渐演进到杀伤力较弱的菌株

--  感染病研究显示，

     越是有杀伤力的病原，其感染力越弱； 

     越是有感染力的病原，其杀伤力越弱

-- 感染病原为了确保它们的生存（透过广泛传染），

    若给与足够时间和群体免疫磨合，必然会演进成杀伤力较弱的菌株

    （下一节，将进一步讨论病原演进变异）

    

以上三种方案如果同步进行，

可以期盼在12-24个月克服感染性疾病的肆虐。

毕竟，感染病原本来就不是冲着人类而来的（它们本无敌意）

感染病原造成社群混乱和伤亡（一般也只是暂时性而已）

主要是因为社群还没适应

我们所熟悉的生物圈（我们周遭的生物总和统称）

突如其来的“新成员”（新菌株）

 

正如在一个工作场所，来了一位新同事。

如果大家磨合得迅速，这新同事会跟我们一块儿成长。

如果大家需要更长的时间适应，这新同事就看起来是大家的公敌。

这新同事越是性格怪异格格不入，

大家越是感到“痛苦”（其实是暂时性而已）。

不过最终，大家都知道新旧同事最终还是得磨合的，

毕竟双方都不想活得太痛苦。

希望以上资讯能给予大家对感染病原得深层认识，

在这段适应期，能生起信心，摒除恐惧。

真诚的祝愿！

其铫

{Learning Holistic Wellness for Wisdom and Compassion}