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“I only believe half of the state media reports are true, and am using my own judgment to fill in the blanks of the other half.” Mr. , a veterinary pharmacist at University.
People: H7N9 avian flu official certainly has been withheld
2013-04-02 05:41:56
The Global first time found three cases of human infection with the H7N9 avian flu cases, and Shanghai, the two men in February infection, had died in early March, Anhui, a woman in critical condition, still in Nanjing rescue. Official March 31 release this message, caused popular questioned, why report them late for more than a month. April 2, interviewed stakeholders in Japan and Taiwan.
According to Global China Network reported that, in another case, Wu, male, 27 years old, Shanghai, pig stall the onset of February 27, died on March 10, proved to be H7N9.
Mainland China's official media said on April 1, according to the medical observation results of 3 cases and 88 close contacts, the H7N9 avian influenza virus has not prompted a strong human-to-human transmission. The Shanghai Jiao doctor analysis, this sentence can be understood as: can not deny that it can not be transmitted from one human.
(Recording): Newspapers are speaking currently does not appear strong human-to-human transmission, then the strong ability of human-to-human transmission, there? It's hard to say, can not deny not human-to-human transmission.
Mr. Gao graduated from Hebei Agricultural University, engaged in the work of veterinary medicine, H7N9 is a new virus, it can be sure that it is a zoonotic disease.
(Recording): It does not belong to serotype, does not belong to the Asian flu type, it is a new type of influenza virus, but I think this thing if the people inside spread, which is pretty scary! These things. It certainly is a zoonotic disease, one hundred percent. (Transmission route is it?) First, a direct contact with objects, sick direct contact, and the other is a stool, and the other is the air contact will infect. The air can not block, between poultry and poultry can block, quarantine, and then burn, which can take measures, but the air is not blocked and can not do. (No human-to-human transmission of insurance, this argument?) You think so domestic reports can not but believe, letter half, then half of her own.
Radio Television Hong Kong reported that the news from the Fifth People's Hospital of Shanghai Shanghai So far, a total of four patients with similar symptoms died, this discrepancy with the official announcement of the total number of deaths.
Shanghai Hui said the official must have been withheld.
(Recording): This is certainly conceal our side because of concealment used to not only two cases. Really something, no matter, he will announce it? Will not be published. And they later how to follow-up, we do not know, because it has an incubation period. Now happened is terrible, because this season is the season of frequently-occurring disease.
Shanghai to talk about Ms. heard, official concealment.
(Recording): Everyone says government like Beijing, like Texas it is also to conceal the fact, it is very bad nature, the people are very angry! It may be more than two, there may be concealing.
Reporter called Nanjing Hospital for Infectious Diseases Department of Infectious Diseases, the duty officer began to ask, insisted that "no such patient asked back. (Recording):
Reporter: Anhui avian flu patients is not here with you?
Hospital: Wait a minute. ------- No, not on our side.
Hospital: Wait a minute. ------- No, not on our side.
Reporters call the Chinese Center for Disease Control on April 1, asking three cases of avian flu patients, staff did not make any answer, the phone does not exist in the 2nd.
Sound of Hope Radio International Tin Creek coverage
Attachment: reporters writing was informed that, in the morning of April 2, exposed female workers slaughtered in Jiangning District, a public microblogging infected with influenza A H7N9 avian influenza virus, is currently in critical condition. Microblogging screenshots of official documents and the hospital confirmed the matter, adding that the patient has been isolated to the people not to eat poultry products. Mainland China, following Shanghai and Anhui fourth bird flu cases.
The country has found seven cases of H7N9 bird flu in Jiangsu additional three casesMr. a veterinary pharmacist at..l University, told the Sound of Hope (SOH) Radio Network that H7N9 is a new virus in humans, and is a zoonosis, meaning it is an infectious disease that can spread between animals and humans.I am really concerned about this virus being transmitted between people. It is definitely a zoonotic disease. I only believe half of the state media reports are true, and am using my own judgment to fill in the blanks of the other half,” he said.
... a Shanghai resident interviewed when only two cases had been reported, also believes the communist authorities are withholding information from the public.
“Something is really going on, otherwise the government would not have made it public,” he told SOH. “Also, we have no idea what the end result will be, because this disease has an incubation period. It is terrifying to see an outbreak in this season when epidemics happen frequently.”
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention has published the genetic sequence of H7N9, and the data shows mutations with the potential to become a human pandemic.
Scientists overseas are now studying the virus, which appears to produce only mild symptoms in birds, a factor that could allow it to spread silently, unlike H5N1, a more virulent strain in birds.
Researchers at several institutes warned China Wednesday that birds and other animals should be widely tested in affected areas to detect and destroy the virus before it spreads further, the Associated Press reported...http://soundofhope.org/node/323868
