Im reading your posts, and respectfully have to ask, if this not much worse than the regular flu, why did the Chinese take such drastic measures? Historically, it seems that China has been fairly tolerant of civilian deaths.
Its a good question. The Chinese are also geopolitically speaking loathe to have something that would reflect poorly on the state. If you are asking my opinion, I think that it likely is a leaked bioweapon that is not ready for primetime. Using your vein of questioning, perhaps they used their own people as test subjects — I would not put it beyond the Chinese Government. On the other hand, perhaps this reveals that its healthcare system is not the glorious system it is purported to be. Whatever the reason, China is not forthcoming because it would not be honorable for them to admit problems, inferiority in treatment, or an illegal biowarfare program. Truly, I think we are asking the wrong question here. I think the question we should be asking would be — is this an intentional act.
That being said, this is my opinion only. I am able to admit the difference between my opinion and statistical fact...