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A burst of H5N1 news from Indonesia
Western media remain largely silent and ignorant about situation
In recent week there have been several severe outbreaks of H5N1 virus among both poultry and humans in Indonesia, happening at the same time on different locations of the country
Just to summarize some of the recent news:
Mass deaths among poultry in Central Kalimantan (and neighbouring South Kalimantan)
Death in Riau, Sumatra and boy in critical condition with suspected infection
Five patients hospitalised in Bali
In this situation, I find Western media reporting little, if anything at all. While it might be true that some international events are over-covered by media (example Middle East conflict), I would not agree to the statement H5N1 outbreaks in Asia being in the category of over-covered events
I am glad FluTrackers and other similar groups are concerned about the situation. Mainstream media have responsibilities informing the general public. I am questioning why news agencies, papers, radio and TV stations don't bother to inform properly
The burst of news coming from Indonesian media clearly indicates a situation of concern.
Western media remain largely silent and ignorant about situation
In recent week there have been several severe outbreaks of H5N1 virus among both poultry and humans in Indonesia, happening at the same time on different locations of the country
Just to summarize some of the recent news:
Mass deaths among poultry in Central Kalimantan (and neighbouring South Kalimantan)
Death in Riau, Sumatra and boy in critical condition with suspected infection
Five patients hospitalised in Bali
In this situation, I find Western media reporting little, if anything at all. While it might be true that some international events are over-covered by media (example Middle East conflict), I would not agree to the statement H5N1 outbreaks in Asia being in the category of over-covered events
I am glad FluTrackers and other similar groups are concerned about the situation. Mainstream media have responsibilities informing the general public. I am questioning why news agencies, papers, radio and TV stations don't bother to inform properly
The burst of news coming from Indonesian media clearly indicates a situation of concern.
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