Debate on mandatory COVID-19 vaccination.

BACKGROUND: Since January 2020, worldwide public health has been threatened by COVID-19, for which vaccines have been adopted from December 2020. DISCUSSION: Although vaccines demonstrate effectiveness against this disease, vaccine hesitancy reveals concerns towards short-term and long-term side effects or adverse reactions such as post-inoculation death. Mandatory vaccination is used to provide herd immunity, but is refutable due to infringement of human rights and autonomy. Furthermore, the evidence testifies that vaccination cannot guarantee prevention of infection or re-infection, resulting in public resentment against this coercive measure, whilst post-inoculation anxiety continues. PERSPECTIVE: This discussion suggests a holistic approach, involving the collective efforts of governments, medical experts and individuals, through basic preventive measures and alternative therapy to live with COVID-19 in a healthy and resourceful manner.

[Blood flow capacity of the vertebra and cervical artery affected by propagated sensation with acupuncture excitation].

The researchers made some improvement of the measure method of head total blood flow capacity. Excitations of propagated sensation were induced in 55 cases of cervical vertebra disease [acupoints: Shousanli (LI 10), Dazhu(UB 11), Shenzhu (Du 12), Houxi (SI 3)], and 66 cases of cerebral ischemia disease caused by insufficiency of vertebra artery blood supply [acupoints: Hegu (LI 14), Quchi (LI 11), Jugu (LI 16), Tianliao (SJ 15)] by acupuncture. The result showed that obvious effect (P less than 0.05-0.01) was found in the group in which propagated sensation reached the affected area, some effect in the propagated sensation group, and little effect in the local sensation group. The result indicated that the method of acupuncture excitation of propagated sensation could relieve vascular and muscle convulsion and ease the degree of vascular tension and obstruction. It could increase the blood flow capacity of cervical and vertebra artery significantly, so that it could play the role of promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis and improving tissue nutrition and autonomic nerve function. This study showed further that to let acupuncture excited propagated sensation reach the affected area was an important method of promoting clinical effect.