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China on alert over deadly child virus
Artorius Castus Blog ^ | 3 May 08 | CNN

Posted on 05/03/2008 10:02:13 AM PDT by cardinal4

BEIJING, China (CNN) -- China's Health Ministry strengthened surveillance and dispatched specialists to eastern China's Anhui province as the death toll from a virulent virus climbed to 22, the country's Xinhua news agency reported.

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China in the news again..
1 posted on 05/03/2008 10:02:13 AM PDT by cardinal4
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To: indcons

ping


2 posted on 05/03/2008 10:03:06 AM PDT by cardinal4
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To: cardinal4

HFM exists in the USA, too, but is rarely reported, it’s not considered “serious”, and CDC calls it “common”:

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/enterovirus/hfhf.htm

The strains in the USA don’t seem to cause problems. CDC cites past deadly outbreaks in Malaysia and Taiwan.


3 posted on 05/03/2008 10:11:22 AM PDT by DBrow
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HFM exists in the USA, too, but is rarely reported, it’s not considered “serious”, and CDC calls it “common”:

My daughter had it a couple years back. It is pretty common.

4 posted on 05/03/2008 10:19:55 AM PDT by conservative cat
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To: conservative cat

Which is my point, things we have dealt with easily has killed 22 kids..


5 posted on 05/03/2008 10:21:58 AM PDT by cardinal4
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To: cardinal4

You are correct, wealth lessens the impact of many things nature throws at us.

It may be a different strain than what we have here, but in general, being able to afford a certain amount of infrastructure and being able to have people with the time to solve problems makes us able to handle problems easier.


6 posted on 05/03/2008 10:29:03 AM PDT by DBrow
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