VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

Around the Chinese festival people move around and we do a lot public jobs.

We set up testing centers in different locations.  We had to help to tests in different locations

as the spring is coming covid could totally get under control but many cities have a lot of policies like lockdown. / many cities are still very careful

The patients around us all Chinese -> the patients are all Chinese

The tests are all produced / made in China.

Some need to buy yourself -> in some places you have you pay for it

Have you read -> pronounce ‘red’

A lot of elders just get sick

The accuracy.
The blood sample is the most accurate method
nasal or throat swabs are similar / offer similar accuracy

I think the public immunity should become common all over the world in the future.
The Chinese government cannot accept the situation. There are a lot of people and a covid breakout could cause emergencies / a pandemic could destabilize the society.

We restrict the flights and the traffic and the communication with the rest of the world but it is not a long term thing.

Now we just stay in SH because my children are students they are not allowed to go around / school forbids us from traveling.

A father suspected his wife of having covid infection and he didn’t want to do any test and he shot the whole family.

He has some psychiatry problem -> psychiatric problem

I always thought the Germans are always obedient / serious

There are different vaccines, the mRNA type is 10-12 months

The inactivated virus is very short like 5 months -> offers short immunity
The advantage is it is safe, side effects are rare but the disadvantage is you need to get another one after several months.

A lot of report say they have side effects.

The most people could tolerant that -> most people could tolerate that

You must get the vaccine from Pfizer or you can’t get the visa / the embassy only recognizes the Pfizer vaccine.

Many friends around me, their siblings got the booster and found some problems.
Some are very severe . I don’t know if It just depends on the individual or if it is the vaccine’s problem.

I think the vaccine was made against the old virus and not the new type, I don’t think it is very effective / it is not efficient against omicron.

The government says omicron cannot have a vaccine / we can’t make a vaccine against it because it has a special structure.

They want the public to believe it gets weaker but it is not like this / it is not entirely true. We saw a lot of patients hospitalized. The symptoms may be mild. A congested nose..

But the Xray from the lungs is terrible. There are many problems that show up after several years.

Even if you are asymptomatic it will damage your lungs.
If your immune system is strong enough you might not have any symptoms but the lung damage are still there.

if you already got the vaccine and are affected it means your immune system is not strong enough.

they think it can stimulate the body auto cells / autophagy.

We can do lots of things to elevate the body’s autophagy.

we do a lot of organ transplants but now organs include even the heart.
They transplanted the heart from a pig.
Even the heart is possible now but for the brain it is still a problem.

Even degeneration problems like Parkinson.. we can’t do anything. / we are still helpless against degenerative diseases

Pronunciation

Aerobics

Arabic

Cells

Seal

Skiing

Vocabulary

autophagy (n) destruction of damaged or redundant cellular components occurring in vacuoles within the cell.
It can stimulate autophagy

Tolerant (adj)
Tom is tolerant, he doesn’t discriminate based on culture

To tolerate (v)
the pain was hard to tolerate so I asked for some morphine

Tolerance (n)
Taking antibiotics will build up tolerance and you will need stronger ones

Rifle (n) long firearm
He used a hunting rifle

Accuracy (n)
The accuracy of the test is low

Accurate (adj)
The test is not very accurate

Ice Statue  (n)
There is an ice statue festival in Harbin