Rumors About An Avian Flu Informer – Nanfang Daily

From The Nanfang Daily, translated by EastSouthWestNorth:

According to Xinanwenbao (note: a newspaper in Anhui province), Qiao Songju who reported the avian flu situation in Tiancheng (Anhui) was recently detained by the police in Gaoyou (Jiangsu) for suspected involvement in an extortion case two years ago. This piece of news was circulated widely around the Internet. Although no one can say for sure that this was retaliation, the doubts and speculations were obviously there to be seen. Perhaps this is a case that the websites and netizens are wrongly suspicious of the properly acting local authorities, but this matter had better be investigated and publicly explained on account of the public attention.

Avian influenza is slowly but surely spreading around the world. There is new information every day. Two days ago, there were outbreaks in Xinjiang and Hunan in China, with more than 100,000 birds being culled. Yesterday, Indonesia confirmed a case of death due to H5N1 avian influenza. The total number of such deaths have risen up to 64 around the world. On this disaster-plagued planet, these numbers may not pose a threat. The true threat is still for the repeated warnings from the World Health Organization from over six months ago: it is inevitable that the avian influenza will mutate. It is possible for the virus to spread across humans. If things get out of control, millions will die around the world.

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