Posted on 11/02/2014 6:41:15 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
In Guangdong, nervy Chinese ramp up Ebola watch
By Yimou Lee
HONG KONG Thu Oct 30, 2014 8:46am EDT
(Reuters) - Chinese authorities have identified the southern province of Guangdong, home to Asia's biggest African population, as a frontline in their efforts to prevent the deadly Ebola virus from entering mainland China.
The province bordering Hong Kong has proven susceptible to infectious diseases in the past, shouldering a large share of SARS and bird flu cases, prompting local authorities to take no chances with Ebola.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
http://www.ibtimes.com/ebola-outbreak-china-likely-scenario-result-chinese-workers-africa-expert-1714182
Ebola Outbreak In China Is A Likely Scenario As A Result Of Chinese Workers In Africa: Expert
By Michelle FlorCruz October 27 2014 3:16 PM
While international fears continue to rise as Ebola crosses international borders and continents, China still has not reported a confirmed case of the deadly virus. But Professor Peter Piot, the director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and one of the doctors who discovered Ebola hemorrhagic fever, said that it's only a matter of time before the high volume of Chinese working in Africa bring the disease within China's borders. ..........
“nervy” = “nervous” in Reuters style book? In American parlance, sounds like they’re “nervous,” not “nervy.”
Reuters is based in UK. It is a British thing.
As Professor Higgins would say, “why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?”(or, “why in America, they haven’t spoken it for years.”)
But the CDC says don’t you worry, bout a thing, cause every little thing gonna be alright.
I guess the Chinese don’t know that song.
Wasn’t it Gu who said “Don’ worry everyting gon’ be ahright”?
See the last part of the article about all the illegal African aliens. How did the Chinese manage to screw that up?
Sheesh, I can’t understand how the ChiCom Party let that happen after seeing how well it worked out in the US and elsewhere.
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