China - Beijing health department denies H3N1 flu epidemic - "virus rumor"

[sharon sanders]

machine translation -

Health Department found no new influenza virus rumor
2011/04/21 01:20 Source: YNET.com North Youth Beijing Youth Daily Zhao Xinpei
　　WASHINGTON message in the widely circulated yesterday, said a new flu virus H3N1 is currently in the city to spread the trend. Beijing Municipal Health Bureau yesterday the rumors, the city of influenza epidemic is very stable, no new influenza virus.

　　Yesterday, many people received a text message that said: "According to Beijing Municipal Health Bureau of the message, following after the swine flu, a new type of H3N1 type has been generated, and the trend to spread in the city. The virus can be spread in the dust, the main symptoms of a cold low-grade fever. There is no vaccine. please pay more attention to managing family and friends, and tell family members wash their hands disinfected! "

　　In this regard, the Municipal Health Bureau official yesterday the rumors, Health Department has never issued such a message, at the same time, this city is very stable influenza epidemic, nor the emergence of new viruses.

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http://bjyouth.ynet.com/article.jsp?oid=78029737

[sharon sanders]

Re: China - Beijing health department denies H3N1 flu epidemic - "virus rumor"

Beijing Health Bureau rumor new flu message appealed to the public not to panic
At 10:07 on April 21, 2011

[Dow Jones] Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, said that had never released the news about the new influenza pandemic, the current stability of the city's flu epidemic, and no so-called new virus.

more...

http://content.caixun.com/NE/02/ju/NE02juvv.shtm

[Laidback Al]

Re: China - Beijing health department denies H3N1 flu epidemic - "virus rumor"

This "rumor" was widely reported and rereported several days ago in Chinese news sources. Some might speculate that it is a disinformation campaign.

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Phoenix - April 20, 2011
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North Youth - April 20, 2011
WASHINGTON message in the widely circulated yesterday, said a new flu virus H3N1 is currently in the city to spread the trend. Beijing Municipal Health Bureau yesterday the rumors, the city of influenza epidemic is very stable, no new influenza virus. Yesterday, many people received a text message that said: "According to Beijing Municipal Health Bureau ...


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Phoenix - April 20, 2011
Morning News (Xinhua Xu Jingjing) Recently, some people receive a "Beijing Municipal Health Bureau," the message, saying "a new influenza virus H3N1 is spreading, and no vaccine." Municipal Health Bureau solemn rumor yesterday, said they had never issued a similar message, it will not take the form of Short Message major epidemic information release....


Domestic

Xinmin Net - April 20, 2011
LONDON April 21 news: Recently, some citizens have expressed phone received a "new type of influenza virus H3N1 is spreading, and no vaccine," the message. Yesterday, the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau said it had never issued a similar message, it will not take the form of Short Message major epidemic information release....


Beijing Health Bureau rumor new flu message appealed to the public not to panic

Financial News - April 20, 2011
[Dow Jones] Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, said that had never released the news about the new influenza pandemic, the current stability of the city's flu epidemic, and no so-called new virus. China news agency quoted the Beijing Times reported April 21, recently, some citizens have expressed phone received a "new type of influenza virus H3N1 ...


Beijing residents said an official message received is not a new influenza virus is a new

Nanfang Wang - April 20, 2011
A so-called named H3N1 influenza virus is a new mobile phone communication - Today, many people receive such a message, "according to Beijing Municipal Health Bureau of the message, following the swine flu, the H3N1 type has produced a new and tendency to spread in the city. The virus can be spread in the dust, the main symptoms are ...


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Qianlong - April 20, 2011
Beijing Daily News (Xinhua Fang Fang) yesterday (20) members of the public receive such a message: the message, according to Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, the city of a new influenza virus is spreading. Municipal Health Bureau made clear that the responsible person, never released such news, while the city is very stable current flu epidemic, but also ...


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[Giuseppe]

Re: China - Beijing health department denies H3N1 flu epidemic - "virus rumor"

If 'dust' is not an automatic tanslation glitch, the inclusion of this word into the way of transmission of a novel supposed flu virus could signal the likelihood of an hoax.

Anyway, H3 and N1 - if result of reassortment event between human viruses should no pose additional risks to public health; otherwise, if one or both component are of animal origin, an urgent detailed antigenic and genetic profile update is needed.

We await more information eagerly.

[alert]

Re: China - Beijing health department denies H3N1 flu epidemic - "virus rumor"

As no H3N1 viruses are currently circulating in humans worldwide, the detection of a single H3N1 human infection would require immediate WHO notification as a novel influenza virus. As most of the articles came out on the 20th or 21st, I think we would have that notification by now. Let us not also forget that the hallmark of the start of the H1N1 pandemic was the undiagnosed respiratory illness in Mexico, as well as the novel virus detection. I think we would have heard of such illnesses in China if that were going on long before China's flu surveillance network found a novel virus. Certainly smells like a rumor to me.

IOH is also right; one or more human H3N1 infections could occur using only the ciruclating flu viruses. There were several years in which H1N2 human flu circulated, the result of reassortment between seasonal H1N1 and H3N2 flu viruses.

Just another side effect of lack of transparency in disease reporting:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=404803

[sharon sanders]

Re: China - Beijing health department denies H3N1 flu epidemic - "virus rumor"

I think we would have heard of such illnesses in China if that were going on long before China's flu surveillance network found a novel virus..

We do have indications of widespread illness and due to the lack of accurate reporting we have no idea what this situation really is:

China - 400-500 people daily seek hospital treatment for fever and respiratory ailments in Wuhan, Hebei province - warmer weather blamed - April 18, 2011

China - Spread of A/H1N1 prompts CDC to advise citizens to take "prompt measures for prevention" - April 20, 2011

China - Surge of flu patients in several hospitals in Nanjing, Jiangsu province - April 12, 2011

China - High trend level of flu patients in Zhejiang province - April 12, 2011

China - 34% increase in A/H1N1 cases in March in Hunan province - 1 death reported - April 12, 2011