China bird flu: local government to conceal the epidemic unforgivable

(Boxun Beijing January 30, 2009 reprint)

Source: The Sun
January 26, which is New Year's Day, Guangxi a patient infected with bird flu death. January 6 this year, the Chinese mainland's seventh report of human case of bird flu. Earlier, Beijing, Shanxi, Shandong, Xinjiang, Guizhou, Hunan, all confirmed case of human bird flu cases, this case is also the fifth this year communications cases of human bird flu deaths. (Boxun.com)


While in accordance with the official version that there is still no large-scale outbreak of avian flu畺people like, but in a short span of 20 days alone, seven cases of bird flu, but also scattered in various parts of the country, it is a vigilance of the authorities问题. First and foremost is how to prevent bird flu from scattered attacks, evolved into large-scale epidemic.

It is precisely because of human infection of bird flu mortality rate, has not yet been invented effects of drug therapy, once the outbreak will be a more terrible than the SARS public health crisis. Especially in the current downturn in the economy, social stability, on the face of this test, if the avian flu epidemic is no different from one disaster after another. How to prevent bird flu outbreak, epidemic, is facing a major test.

The authorities, this is actually a very difficult problem. Before and after the Spring Festival is the most frequent population movements in the period, during which hundreds of millions of people with尠trains, aircraft, motor vehicles in various parts of the mobile everywhere, combined with the bird flu itself can migrate with the birds and spread, these are the fundamental no control.

To conceal the epidemic unforgivable

At present, the response from the authorities, it is clear and did not realize the seriousness of the problem, especially in some local governments, it is not the same thing as the prevention of avian flu. Although bird flu has been unexpected deaths, but the authorities insisted that the epidemic has been no large-scale epidemic. Perhaps there is no immediate large-scale epidemic outbreak is indeed a fact, but the Government that it should be nipped in the bud, in case an outbreak should be how to do? Government should tell the people, whether or not already have adequate coping strategies.

Moreover, many local governments whether or not concealed the epidemic so far is also unknown. To know that a false picture of peace, non-disclosure issues, has been a chronic illness, the Mainland久治不愈officialdom. SARS is the first place in individual, only some scattered cases, but because some officials did not take preventive measures, but their own personal interests, trying to conceal the epidemic, continued to fabricate false information, and ultimately not only deceived the people, but also high-level Beijing confused, and thus made erroneous judgments, to take wrong decisions, leading to the outbreak of large-scale epidemic, can not control.

This lesson has happened many times, is also the case with Sanlu milk powder poisoning. If things just at the time of exposure, Shijiazhuang officials are not hiding the truth, but actively respond to the problem would not have evolved to the point where It can not clean up, the authorities should draw臈adequate training. To hide problems, avoiding problems is not the way, the correct way should be taken in advance of adequate preventive measures.

In addition, the authorities should also be considered, if not in the short term control of avian flu continue to erupt, if there is bird flu deaths continue to burst, will lead some countries to resist this as a reason for China's agricultural products exports. If this happens, how to explain, how to deal with, need to make plans in advance. _ (Network text of which is reproduced) (Boxun.com)