Hand Food & Mouth Disease spreads across China
Amanda O'Donnell
April 1, 2009
2:00pm
At a press conference on March 27, China’s Ministry of Health reported that there are currently 41,846 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease in 30 provinces and regions. It was reported that 18 are dead and 94 are in critical condition.
According to Radio Free Asia, six children in Heze City of Shandong are dead. As a result of the outbreak, the department of education announced school closures in Juye County of Heze, one of the severest hit areas. Authorities have also quarantined some of the villages where the most serious cases had been detected.
The Ministry of Health spokesperson, Deng Haihua, said that about 93 percent of the patients were children under five years old. Seventy-five percent were affected by the virus EV71, which could lead to paralysis and encephalitis. The outbreak of HFMD may have occurred earlier than indicated by these most recent reports. The disease has mainly spread in rural areas, and most of the victims are children. Experts predict that the epidemic may reach its peak from May to July.
"Why does the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spare no effort in blocking of the free exchange of information every time such life-threatening incidents occur? Do they disregard people’s lives?”
That above was an exact quote from a Chinese man that is experiencing this outbreak first hand. It's amazing how simple viruses such as HFMD can be so deadly when not taken care of properly. I have known many children as well as myself that have gotten HFMD and all that needed to be done was to take an antibiotic and within a few days there was nothing wrong. I feel that this shows how much the chinese government doesnt care about the lives of their people. It could easily be taken care of but they dont want to provide the resources needed, and would rather lessen their population. It truly does amaze me how simple things can be in the US and when another country experiences the same event, it is taken to a whole new level.
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/14600/
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It is really sad to see all of this disease effecting the Chinese people. They recently have also been dealing with the tampered milk that caused thousands of babies to get sick. I think that it might be the cause of some corruption in their government that is allowing for all of these outbreaks. They need to start monitoring these things better and hopefully will be able to prevent things like this from happening.
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