Positive Effects of The SARS Epidemic
...ng environmental sanitation has been reinforced, especially on spitting. More and more public welfare advertisements are broadcasted in a row on TV, drawing more and more attention to keep our surroundings clean. What is more, according to surveys, most of the people who got infection of SARS are weak. As a result, more and more people are aware of the importance of building up resistance to disease, and begin trying to keep the balance of food structure and to take adequate vitamins. And so is to the government. The government has overlooked the public health in favor of economic growth and social stability for a long time. The outbreak of SARS forces China’s leaders to confront the country’s lopsided reforms in public health. In the process of prevention and fight against SARS, medical care in the rural areas is a big problem. The farmers and the laid-off workers have no place or good place to have their disease checked and treated, which is a big threat. To prevent a repetition of a SARS scenario in the future when an infectious disease becomes a major social, economic and political problem, China will have to initiate genuine reform of its neglected and under funded public health system. World Health...