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China: Qingdao Experiences a Mysterious Epidemic(Cerebrospinal Meningitis in Yachting Venue?)
Boxun ^ | 07/16/08

Posted on 07/18/2008 2:04:51 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Qingdao Experiences a Mysterious Epidemic, Experts Suspect Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis

Jul 16, 2008 - 3:11:11 PM

In July Qingdao Experiences a Mysterious Epidemic, Experts Suspect Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis

In July 2008, at the hospital affiliated with Qingdao University, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, and other large hospitals, every day tens of thousands of people exhibiting common cold symptoms have been referred from small and medium sized hospitals around the city. These patients all exhibit common symptoms including extreme headaches, vomiting, high fevers that do not break and other symptoms of illness. Senior citizens and children are exhibiting even more extreme symptoms that include liver and kidney ailments and difficulty breathing. As of July 15, the number of infected people in the urban district of Qingdao is 160,000, with 1251 deaths.

As the number of infected continued to rise dramatically, the Qingdao municipal government health department took action to placate the public mood. They mustered experts to proclaim in the media that it was merely an outbreak of infectious influenza, and reassured people that it would not spread widely. But this propaganda effort was unsuccessful, and as the number of those falling ill and dying continued to rise, people became increasingly worried about what kind of mysterious illness was spreading.

On July 12, the Qingdao municipal government convened a conference involving all the city health bureaus and illness control centers. At the conference, the circumstances of the epidemic were discussed, including the suspicion that it is epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis. In order not to negatively impact the smooth hosting of the Olympics sailing competition, it was emphasized that news of the epidemic was to be classified as top secret and patients were to be quarantined. In addition, the policy of "loose on the outside, tight on the inside" was to be continued, with public statements continuing to maintain that the illness was due to infectious common colds.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; epidemic; olympic; yachting
First, algae, now a plague.
1 posted on 07/18/2008 2:04:51 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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2 posted on 07/18/2008 2:05:24 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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Just in time for the Olympics!

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3 posted on 07/18/2008 2:17:39 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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"First, algae, now a plague."

Plage is in the algae?

Google Earth Qingdao, China. Notice that half the city's map is censored (whited out.)

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4 posted on 07/18/2008 2:18:50 AM PDT by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds." - Ayn Rand)
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5 posted on 07/18/2008 3:18:14 AM PDT by JACKRUSSELL
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Its not algae, it is Hedorah coming to life!! Just in time for the Games! Who will save them! WHO!


6 posted on 07/18/2008 3:22:58 AM PDT by CapnJack
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Coming to a buffet near you!


7 posted on 07/18/2008 3:48:49 AM PDT by Rocketwolf68 (Bring back the crusades)
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This comes as no surprise.

They have so many people, losing 100,000 or so every now and then hardly makes a dent in the population.


8 posted on 07/18/2008 6:18:34 AM PDT by Dustbunny (Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. The Gipper)
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