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EV71 Outbreak In China Sparks Fears For Olympics

Posted by timothy on from the not-funny-at-all dept.

OMNIpotusCOM writes "CNN is reporting an outbreak of Enterovirus 71 (or EV71), that has affected more than 3700 children and killed over 20, is creating concern for the visitors and athletes expected for the Beijing Olympics in August. The virus can cause 'poliolike paralysis,' according to the article."

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  1. Re:Conspiracy comments in... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I just think it's perfect timing to rain on China's parade. With their persecution of Tibetans and all the other crap they are doing in this world, something that will keep the world away from their self-aggrandizing Olympic spectacle will serve them right.

    And it's poetic justice that the country most responsible for launching the world's illnesses due to their lack of consideration for any sort of cleanliness in their farm animal world, and the constant exposure of humans to animal excrement and vice versa, should have some new outbreak scare away the tourists.

    Personally, I can't understand why anyone would want to visit such a dirty country. If it isn't human filth, it's animal filth, or industrial pollution.

    China is a dirty backward country and the world should shun it.