Author: Zhang Si

Translated by: Wu Xia

The current pneumonia epidemic of new-type coronavirus infection is severe and complicated, and prevention and control of the epidemic is at a critical juncture. Feng Yong, associate professor of the School of Basic Medical Sciences, comprehensively used various online and offline platforms to carry out scientific popularization and public opinion guidance in a timely manner, and scientifically educate the knowledge of pneumonia epidemic protection of new coronavirus infections in a timely manner, and comprehensively improve the public's awareness and ability of scientific protection.

Actively participate in scientific education on various platforms as a professional scientific consultant

Feng Yong was invited to participate in the emergency science popularization activities of the Chinese Popular Science Writers Association, China Science and Technology Museum, Popular Science Publishing House, Xueersi Online School and other institutions. As a scientific consultant and speaker, he carried out science education work:

China Popular Science Writers Association recently launched an epidemic-related scientific work creation activity. As a review expert, he participated in the review of the work and made scientific judgments. The China Science and Technology Museum launched a "War Epidemic I, pay tribute to the most beautiful retrograde-China Science and Technology Museum. He guided the development of the activity, and reviewed the scientificity of the project in the “Little Volunteers in Action” activity. He assisted the science publishing house in responding to the epidemic situation, and urgently published a science popularization brochure, distributing it to local and grassroots. A lecture on "Scientific Recognition of New Coronaviruses" was held at Xueersi Online School, and the number of online and offline learning nationwide was about several hundred thousand.

Use self-media to promptly and quickly publicize epidemic protection knowledge

Since December 31, 2019, Feng Yong has used the self-media platform "Aichi Science Museum" to publish articles as "How to determine whether SARS is SARS?", “how to prevent respiratory infections”, and more. The article was forwarded in large numbers that day, with more than 14,000 readers.

Later, he also produced tweets "Be vigilant and take precautionary measures" (12,000+), "Don't be paralyzed, act! Effective hiding the coronavirus for a good new year" (6000+), "Don't panic, Calm down, stay at home, do not go anywhere ”(49,000 +) ... Through timely and effective promotion, he guides ordinary people who are not medical professionals to carry out reasonable and scientific prevention and control.

Dispel rumors and correct unscientific "science" on the Internet

In response to the incorrect rumors and "folk people of science and technology" flying around the Internet, he professionally corrected those "letters of popular science".

On January 27, he published the article "Correcting the Rumors of Some Science and Technology Men" and received more than 120,000 readers. Experts such as the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Shanghai Pasteur Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences also forwarded it. He manifested how to carry out strict and science effectively.

In response to negative rumors on the Internet, his article "Correcting Rumors 2: Is nucleic acid detection really so unbearable? “was widely read and forwarded, which played an important role of correcting rumors and educating the public.