H7N9: Each case must be informed, science and do not absence [2014-02-06]

Source: Netease news 2014-02-06 08:50

H7N9 briefing every case lead to "talk bird phobia"-style panic, the reason lies in the disclosure of information asymmetry: although normalization notification mechanism, but the corresponding science remained scarce.
Affected by H7N9, Guangdong and other places of live poultry sales slump, the poultry industry suffered heavy losses. Recently, Guangdong and other places poultry industry associations, companies jointly submitted an open letter to all levels of government, the request "to stop the implementation of each notification H7N9 cases, to avoid the outbreak of ultra-dense reports." Guangdong health department responded, "no legal basis to stop notification", but the outbreak information to the media downplayed the beginning: no longer active communication of information to the media to send cases, notification no longer appears in the word "live poultry contact history" and so on... http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http://news.yesky.com/hot/150/35977650.shtml&usg=ALkJrhjeEk5AgHU6kp6PSEmaOAgroJmBUQ