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The epidemic swept through China, the authorities lied and covered it up, and the party media admitted that there was no effective cure
Image : On 23 November 2023, at a children's hospital in Beijing, children were given an intravenous drip on the stairs. (Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images)
A new round of epidemic has swept across China. Not only are hospitals in many northern provinces and cities overcrowded, but there are also long queues in hospitals in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other places in the south. The CCP officials lied flatly, covered up the epidemic, and did not mention the covid pandemic. Party media also admitted that there is no specific cure for the ongoing outbreak of respiratory infectious diseases.
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Party media admits: There is no effective drug
On 27 November, the health client of the Communist Party of China’s People’s Daily reported that a number of clinical infectious disease experts said, “At present, there are no specific drugs for upper respiratory tract infections.”
Zhao Lei, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Wuhan Union Medical College Hospital, said that there is no such thing as a specific drug in medicine. Most drugs are antiviral drugs that target the cause of the disease, such as influenza drugs oseltamivir and mabaloxavir, mycoplasma drug azithromycin, etc. .but if drug-resistant virus strains emerge, the effect will not be good.
Zhao Lei said that there are two main types of drugs for the treatment of upper respiratory tract infections. One is drugs that target the cause, such as antibiotics for bacterial infections, and antiviral drugs for influenza; the other is drugs for symptomatic treatment, such as headaches and fever. , take analgesic and antipyretic drugs to control; if you have cough or phlegm, take antitussive and phlegm-reducing drugs, etc.
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Expert: There is no "magic medicine" to treat covid
When the covid epidemic broke out in China at the end of last year, many Chinese experts also said that there was no "specific medicine" to treat covid.
In January this year, Tong Zhaohui, vice president of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University and director of the Beijing Institute of Respiratory Diseases, said: "There are currently no specific drugs for the new coronavirus. Some antiviral drugs can inhibit and interfere with the replication of the new coronavirus, but These drugs need to be used early in the infection and under the guidance of a doctor."
Zhang Boli, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, master of traditional Chinese medicine, and honorary president of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said frankly that the “main force” in fighting covid is one’s own immunity.
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News: CCP covered up the epidemic and banned mention of COVID-19
Many Chinese people suspect that the authorities are covering up the epidemic again, believing that the current outbreak is the covid epidemic, or an epidemic caused by virus mutation.
"Actually, it's still COVID-19."
"I'm almost recovered from the infection, and all the symptoms are exactly the same as last year's covid symptoms."
"They're used to being deceived."
Ms. Li from Jilin City, whose two children both developed severe symptoms of "white lung", told NTDTV a few days ago that a doctor told her privately that this was actually the new coronavirus variant and could not be detected by nucleic acid tests, but the government refused to let her know.
In fact, Zhong Nanshan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, revealed at a health conference in Guangzhou on November 10 that starting from November to January next year, there may be a peak of new coronavirus infections.
On 24 November 2023, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council issued a notice requiring all localities to prevent and control new coronavirus infections and other key infectious diseases in winter and spring. The notice stated that from this winter to next spring, China may face the superimposed epidemic situation of multiple respiratory diseases such as COVID-19, influenza, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
But after the notice was released, officials suddenly no longer mentioned the covid epidemic, but instead played up respiratory diseases caused by other viruses.
On 26 November 2023, Yang Qing (pseudonym), a Beijing source close to the General Office of the CCP Central Committee and the military, revealed to The Epoch Times that the leader of the CCP ordered that it is forbidden to exaggerate the epidemic in China, saying that it is ordinary influenza or some other name other than covid.
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Hospitals are full, pharmacies are rushing to buy again
Recently, the plague has swept through China again, with long queues in hospitals in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Shandong, Gansu, Hunan, Xi'an, Chengdu, Wuhan, Shenzhen and other places. The corridors and stairwells of many hospitals are filled with patients receiving infusions. Due to the surge in critically ill patients and the severe shortage of inpatient beds, many patients had to spend the cold winter in hospitals laying beds on the floor for treatment.
Shandong netizen "Qilin" posted a video saying: Now all hospitals are full, and every doctor is emphasizing the seriousness of this infection, which is also extremely contagious. Some families have been wiped out because their children were infected. At three or four o'clock in the morning, the hospital called more than 1,000 numbers. The infusion room, corridors, and stairs were filled with adults and children holding infusion bottles. They could be seen everywhere on almost every floor, in every department, and in every corner.
"Because they can't live in the hospital, in order to save money, many parents take their children to sleep on the floor and benches in the corridor of the outpatient clinic for more than ten days! It's already one or two in the morning, and there is an elder brother who is accompanying the children for infusion. Busy with the work at hand. So, you said there is nothing easy in the adult world?"
While hospitals are full, pharmacies are also experiencing panic buying. A pharmacy manager said that the daily sales rate of antiviral drugs, antipyretics, cough medicines, and anti-inflammatory drugs is almost the same as when the epidemic was first released.
"Nowadays, there are not a few people coming to the store to buy masks, especially children's N95 masks. Some parents buy them in boxes." Another pharmacy manager said.
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Three major anomalies revealed in China’s “Mycoplasma Pneumonia” Netizen: It’s Covid
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The epidemic broke out again in China. The Chinese Communist Party officials have attributed the respiratory infections in recent months to "Mycoplasma pneumoniae," which many Chinese netizens believe is synonymous with the variant of the CCP virus (new crown virus). Authoritative journals recently revealed three major anomalies in China's "pneumonia" outbreak.
On Monday (27 November), the top international academic journal "Nature" published an article pointing out that the surge in respiratory diseases after the CCP relaxed epidemic control was "unusual" in at least three aspects.
The first is that the incidence rate of pneumonia in China is very high. In contrast, when other countries relaxed epidemic controls, it was influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) that caused a surge in respiratory illnesses. Syncytial viruses tend to cause only mild cold symptoms. These two viruses do not cause such a high proportion of pneumonia.
The second is that mycoplasma pneumonia is usually easily treatable, but this time it hit China.
Since May, the number of children hospitalized in northern cities such as Beijing has increased, with many children developing "white lungs" or even dying. Chinese officials said the main cause was mycoplasma pneumonia (bacterial infection of the lungs). But mycoplasma pneumonia usually has relatively mild symptoms and does not require bed rest or hospitalization.
The third is that the cause of the infection is unusual. During the winter peak after the covid epidemic, some countries mainly dealt with viral infections but in China, the reason given by the Chinese Communist authorities is bacterial infection.
Benjamin Cowling, an epidemiologist at the University of Hong Kong, said this was surprising because bacterial infections are often opportunistic and occur after viral infections. In addition, pneumonia caused by bacteria is usually treated with macrolide antibiotics, but studies have shown that the resistance rate to macrolide drugs among pneumonia patients in Beijing is as high as 70% to 90%.
On the Chinese Internet, many conscientious doctors and scholars have also questioned the so-called "mycoplasma pneumonia" statement. Netizens strongly suspect that the "mycoplasma pneumonia" officially mentioned is actually pneumonia caused by the "covi variant".
On Monday, the Chinese Communist Party's official media "Healthy China" specifically quoted experts to "refute rumours" and claimed that Mycoplasma pneumoniae and covid have "no relationship".
Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a bacterium first discovered in the early 20th century, and it is indeed two different pathogens from the CCP virus. However, this wave of "Mycoplasma pneumoniae" infection epidemic claimed by the CCP is inconsistent with the real Mycoplasma pneumonia in many aspects.
Many netizens revealed that the sick child’s mycoplasma test was negative. A pediatrician at a hospital in Beijing told The Epoch Times that after she was infected, she took all the medicines that could treat mycoplasma pneumonia, but none of them had any effect, so she suspected that "it was not mycoplasma pneumonia."
Image : A big V on Weibo questioned that the so-called "mycoplasma pneumonia" is just a word game. (webpage Screenshot)
When the CCP relaxed its epidemic control, many Chinese experts were worried that large-scale cross-infection of covid would create more mutant viruses, and predicted that there would be multiple rounds of epidemics in the CCP. But after the CCP declared "victory in the fight against the epidemic," these claims began to disappear.
Many people now suspect that the so-called "flu", "adenovirus", "mycoplasma pneumonia", "syncytial virus" and other claims made by the CCP in previous outbreaks this year may be to cover up the covid epidemic.
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Multiple viruses are prevalent in China, with a sudden increase in pediatric patients and hospitals across the country being overcrowded
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People are questioning whether the epidemic may be related to the covi variant. In recent days, some CCP experts have come out to "refute rumours." Among them, Zhang Wenhong, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Huashan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University in Shanghai, said that "Mycoplasma and COVID-19 are completely different things." This topic became a hot search topic, and many netizens expressed doubts about his remarks.
Zhang Wenhong, a professor at Huashan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, said in a CCTV program on the 27th that "Mycoplasma and COVID-19 are completely different things." The difference between them far exceeds the difference between humans and flies. One is a virus and the other is a mycoplasma. The topic subsequently became a hot search topic.
Zhang Wenhong's remarks aroused dissatisfaction among mainland netizens, and the Weibo comment section was full of doubts:
"Is this the same thing? Or are they two different things? Do you need him to jump around and explain?"
"Zhang Wenhong sounded like he was letting off steam. I didn't want to listen to him at all. He was the one who said before that 98% of COVID-19 cases are asymptomatic. I just want to know how many of you were asymptomatic after the wave started in November last year. Symptoms? Who doesn’t have a fever?”
"Just out of curiosity, does anyone say that Mycoplasma is the covi? Does this require someone to refute the rumor and make it a hot search topic? How come no one came out to refute the rumour about the proportion of COVID-19, repeated infections, and severe cases that year?"
"I don't know if it's related or not. It's useless for anyone to say anything now. The adults and children around me are all suffering from colds, fevers and coughs. The hospital is overcrowded every day!"
"When you have dark circles under your eyes, something bad will happen!"
"No need to say a few things, just tell me the solution."
"Anyone with some common sense should know that these are two different things. There is no need to explain this specifically."
"Why is he jumping around again? The last time covid was reported as a major flu, don't worry, the panic cost me more than 5,000 yuan. Now the sequelae are not cured. Can you take care of him?"
"Does anyone know who his doctor is? He's the one who buys vaccines. Anyway, I have a lot of sequelae caused by COVID-19. I have rheumatism in my hand joints, a very bad memory, irregular menstruation, and I spent 2,000 yuan to see a Chinese medicine doctor to get it cured. I have been a client for almost a year. I don’t have the sense of taste yet.”
"It doesn't matter whether it's infected or not. It's very uncomfortable if you get infected, and it's also very contagious."
Image : Video screenshot
Some Douyin users also said, "I knew I had to be careful as soon as he came out." "I didn't recognize the sample when he changed his vest." "Here he comes again! I'm worried when I see him." "I was a little panicked when I saw you coming out."
Some Douyin users believe that Mycoplasma is worse than COVID-19, "Mycoplasma is more painful than COVID-19", "Mycoplasma still has a low-grade fever for 12 days, which is worse than COVID-19", "It's super serious, my face was black and blue at the end of vomiting, and my breathing was weak, it's so scary" "Around me he said that this time it is worse than COVID-19, and my classmate catches 7 bottles of water a day."
Since official epidemic information has always been opaque, the Program for Surveillance of Emerging Diseases (ProMED), an organization that monitors global disease outbreaks, warned for two consecutive days last week that an "unidentified respiratory disease (pneumonia)" was widespread among Chinese children, and from the initial, according to the report, this "unknown pneumonia" is different from the official mycoplasma pneumonia.
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The CCP has not released epidemic data. WHO has once again endorsed the CCP, causing controversy
The epidemic has once again broken out on a large scale in China. Big cities with the best medical conditions in China, such as Beijing and Shanghai, have become the hardest-hit areas. Hospitals are overflowing with children and adults have been infected one after another. Cases of "white lung" and deaths have been reported frequently.
On November 27, World Health Organization (WHO) officials announced based on information provided by the Chinese Communist Party that the surge in cases in this wave of epidemics was not as high as before the new coronavirus (Chinese Communist Party virus) pandemic, and that no new or unusual cases had been discovered. of pathogens.
Experts believe that the CCP has not released any data on how many children have been infected, hospitalized, seriously ill, and died, and the WHO's rhetoric may be helping the CCP deceive the international community, which will have very serious consequences.
Four years ago, in the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Chinese Communist Party also claimed to the WHO that the novel coronavirus (Chinese Communist Party virus) would not be "human-to-human" and "preventable and controllable." The WHO also repeated the CCP's lies and refused to announce the global epidemic in a timely manner. Focusing on the public health emergency, the virus spread globally and caused at least 6.67 million deaths (the actual death toll in China is not included because the CCP concealed the death toll in China).
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Expert: WHO should question why China cannot disclose data
China's new surge in the epidemic has attracted international attention, with ProMED, the global infectious disease surveillance network, warning that "an unknown respiratory disease is causing a widespread outbreak."
On November 26, the National Health Commission of the Communist Party of China responded that monitoring shows that influenza is the main respiratory infection disease in recent times. In addition, there are also rhinovirus, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, respiratory syncytial virus, adenovirus and other viruses that are circulating at the same time.
Although the Chinese Communist Party officially claims that people are infected with "Mycoplasma pneumoniae," many children have tested negative for Mycoplasma pneumoniae. The Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council of the Communist Party of China issued a notice on November 24 requiring the prevention and control of superimposed epidemics of multiple respiratory diseases, putting "new coronavirus infection" in the title.
On 27 November 2023, Maria Van Kerkhove, acting director of the WHO Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention, stated that the current surge in respiratory diseases in China is not as high as before the new coronavirus pandemic, and said No new or unusual pathogens have been identified in the recent cases.
Regarding the above conclusion, she said, “We asked (China) about the comparison before the pandemic. The wave of illness they (the Chinese Communist Party) are seeing now, the peak is not as high as what they saw in 2018-2019. "
Lin Xiaoxu, an American virus expert, told The Epoch Times, “So far, the Chinese Communist Party itself has not released any data on how many children are infected, how many are hospitalized, how many are seriously ill, how many are in ICU, how many have white lung, and how many have white lung. Children are likely to die (data) from this epidemic."
He questioned, "The Chinese Communist Party has not released any official data, so do you believe the data provided by the Chinese Communist Party to the World Health Organization? When did the Chinese Communist Party make statistics? Why can't the Chinese people see this statistics? Is this data valid? Underreporting?”
"If no abnormal new virus is found, it is not a regular report, so what is there to hide? Then why couldn't the Chinese see such data before? The CCP had to ask for it from the WHO before the CCP provided it Where’s the data?”
He said, "The truly responsible WHO officials should question the Chinese Communist Party officials, why can't such data be made public? Why can't such test results be made public?"
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Expert: WHO’s endorsement of the CCP again will have very serious consequences
Wang He, an expert on China issues, told The Epoch Times, “The WHO should review the CCP’s data with a critical eye rather than unconditionally endorse it.”
“Its (Chinese Communist Party’s) data lacks transparency and authenticity,” he said. “If you continue to unconditionally support the Chinese Communist Party’s official data, then this may be helping the Chinese Communist Party to deceive the international community, which will bring very serious consequences. New Crown The experience of the (Chinese Communist Party virus) epidemic has provided everyone with a ‘lesson is not far away’.”
Both the Chinese Communist Party and the World Health Organization have been questioned by the outside world for their opaque early reporting of the new coronavirus (Chinese Communist Party virus) outbreak in Wuhan at the end of 2019. The WHO seriously underestimated the seriousness of the new coronavirus, and its passive and delayed response also caused quite a few countries to lose their vigilance and the best opportunity to curb the spread of the disease.
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It’s more serious than imagined. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is contacting the CCP
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A cluster of pneumonia has recently appeared in children in northern China. Beijing residents described the epidemic as "super serious". While many children are repeatedly infected, parents and teachers are also infected. The child's symptoms are mainly cough and fever. Recently, four to five thousand people were crowded into the small night clinic of the Department of Internal Medicine of Beijing Children's Hospital in a confined space. In the early morning, there were still more than 2,000 children waiting for treatment. Parents are very anxious about cross-infection of their children. US media reports: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is communicating with Chinese health officials.
CDC spokesman David Daigle told Newsweek on Tuesday (November 28) that the United States will "continue to monitor the situation and work with global health partners "respond to the increase in illness while also "maintaining contact with local health authorities and the U.S. Office in China." The CDC did not respond to questions about whether the epidemic has spread to the United States, whether any clusters of pneumonia cases have been detected in the United States, or whether it is considering screening people traveling to the United States from China for respiratory diseases.
The World Health Organization (WHO) last week raised concerns about a cluster of pneumonia in northern China, saying Beijing was not sharing adequate information with the international community about a rise in respiratory illnesses. Prior to this, the situation was reported by the media and the global epidemic monitoring system ProMED. The agency is said to have been the first to warn of the emergence of COVID-19 in Wuhan.
Earlier this year, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus publicly criticized the Chinese government's lack of clarity on China's immunity status. The World Health Organization hinted in a statement last week that it had not received detailed epidemiological and clinical information from Beijing, as well as laboratory results from the pneumonia cluster.
Officials from China's National Health Commission attributed the increase in hospitalizations and pneumonia cases to known illnesses such as influenza and COVID-19, rather than new pathogens. Cold weather in winter can easily lead to an increase in the spread of viruses and other infections, often leading to a corresponding increase in respiratory diseases.
Three years ago, Beijing was accused of withholding information about the severity and scope of the epidemic, while also withholding evidence of a surge in deaths. Beijing’s poor record of opaqueness on respiratory infectious diseases has prompted some international medical professionals to compare the emerging pneumonia to the COVID-19 epidemic.
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Pneumonia is prevalent in many southern provinces. Was the WHO deceived by the CCP again?
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Officials from the World Health Organization recently stated that respiratory pneumonia has surged in northern China, but after comparison, China said it was not as high as before the new coronavirus epidemic. Commentators have reminded the WHO not to unconditionally endorse the CCP’s data. At the same time, NTDTV interviewed people in many provinces and cities in southern China, and they all confirmed that the epidemic is also prevalent there, and is not limited to northern provinces and cities.
Reuters reported on 28 November 2023 that Maria Van Kerkhove, acting director of the WHO’s Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention, said in an interview with the US media STAT on the 24th, “We asked China to compare respiratory diseases before the COVID-19 epidemic. The incidence rates, what they're seeing now, are not as high as they were in 2018 to 2019." She also reiterated that no new or unusual pathogens have been discovered recently.
Lin Xiaoxu, a former virus researcher at the U.S. Army Research Institute: "I don't know if they are whitewashing the CCP, or if they are just confused. Because if you look at the CCP itself so far, it has not released any information about how many children are infected and how many are hospitalized. How many are seriously ill, how many are in ICU, how many people have white lungs, and how many children are likely to die from this epidemic. The Chinese Communist Party has not released any official data, so do you believe the data provided by the Chinese Communist Party to the World Health Organization? ?”
The CCP’s data caused the WHO to suffer a few years ago. After the outbreak of pneumonia in Wuhan, WHO Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus refused to declare the CCP virus until the day Wuhan was closed because he had always believed the Chinese Communist Party authorities’ claims that “human-to-human transmission would not occur” and “can be prevented and controlled”, as well as the significantly lower number of infections. The outbreak became a global health emergency, but in just five days, the number of infections and deaths from pneumonia in Wuhan exploded more than 10 times, and the virus also spread to other countries. Dissatisfied with the WHO's failure to fulfill its duties, more than 1 million netizens signed an online petition calling for Tedros to step down.
Epoch Times columnist Wang He: "After so many years, the Chinese Communist Party has acted in a submissive manner towards the World Health Organization and the International Health Regulations. Its data lacks transparency and authenticity. So at this time, the World Health Organization is treating the CCP Data should be scrutinized with a critical eye, rather than unconditionally endorsed. We must negotiate with the CCP as we did before and ask to send our own experts to China for on-the-spot investigation."
Last week, the WHO asked China to provide more detailed information on a cluster of respiratory illnesses among children in northern China. Reports cited by the Program for Surveillance of Emerging Diseases (ProMED) also focused on the overcrowding of children seeking treatment in children's hospitals in Beijing and Liaoning.
However, NTDTV discovered in an interview that the current epidemic in mainland China is not only breaking out in the north.
On the 28th, a teacher in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province revealed that respiratory diseases are also widespread in the local area.
Mr. Lu (pseudonym), a teacher in Wuxi: "In my city in Jiangsu, and in my neighborhood, there are indeed quite a lot of people who are sick, including both adults and children. Some children are absent from school and ask for leave. People may still relapse. In a class, one-third of the students may be seriously ill and ask for leave. Take my family as an example. There are a total of 6 babies in our family. There are 6 of us, and one-third of us are infected. No matter whether you have COVID-19 or not, if he finds out, it may be a cold."
The wave of respiratory diseases in Shanghai has been on the rise since September. Pediatric clinics and fever clinics are full, and children have developed white lungs.
Doctor at Shanghai Xinhua Hospital: "We have been like this since September. For example, we have been seeing 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning a few days ago. At 8 o'clock the next morning, our doctors started working again. Where did it come from? More doctors.”
Ms. Wang, a Shanghai citizen, said that currently, it takes a long time to make an appointment online for hospital registration.
Ms. Wang, a Shanghai citizen: "The general outpatient clinic, children's respiratory and asthma, is at Xinhua Hospital, and all appointments are fully booked before 5 December."
A video on 28 November 2023 showed that Shenzhen Children’s Hospital was filled with people waiting for treatment early in the morning. This situation has lasted for a month.
Mr. Li, a citizen of Shenzhen: "Many people are infected. At the beginning, I don't know how it will develop in the future. It has not reached the peak. It is more serious for children. Schools have not been closed. The news said that there are several viruses, which are almost the same as covid. Like, I have a runny nose and a lot of phlegm."
In addition, a Guangzhou netizen posted a video saying, “It’s hard to get a doctor’s appointment at Guangzhou Children’s Hospital. It takes three hours to register and then several more hours to see a doctor.”
Mr. Yu from Guangdong: "Guangzhou is also here now, and children are particularly sick. I suspect it is the new coronavirus. The symptoms are too similar. I just changed the term to deceive people. It is 100% human-made and will not weaken to the same level as a common cold." Yes, we control our own destiny, and there is nothing we can do about it.”
Many people told NTDTV that the authorities are currently trying their best to downplay the local epidemic and are not allowed to declare it. Under such circumstances, ordinary people can only find their own solutions.
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Epidemic breaks out in Henan, three people die in three days at a university
Editor : Shang Yan / Reporter : Xiong Bin / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/11/28/a103830181.html
The epidemic in northern China has attracted international attention, but our reporter discovered during the interview that the epidemic does not only occur in the north. Respiratory diseases in the Central Plains city of Henan are also on the rise.
Gao Min, a teacher at a university in Henan: "In our unit, three people died in three consecutive days on October 17, 18, and 19. One was 93 (years old), I won't mention it here. The other was 43 (years old), Another one just turned 60 (years old) in April this year.”
On 27 November, Gao Min, a teacher at a university in Henan Province, told NTD reporters that several colleagues in his unit had died suddenly.
Gao Min: "The 43-year-old had a cold in September. He felt unwell and went to the hospital. After going to the hospital, he fell into a coma and said it was a heart attack. He stayed in the hospital for 45 days and finally left. One went fishing. It was fine. I felt uncomfortable after fishing for a while, so I called 120. After 120 came, the person fell into a coma, and passed within a few days."
The cause of death given by the hospital for these two colleagues was "myocardial infarction", but what surprised Gao Min was that neither of them had heart disease during their lifetime.
Gao Min: "This 43-year-old man has no myocardial infarction or any underlying disease. He is all alive and kicking, and he is a man. Including the fishing man, and the 60-year-old man. He just went for a physical examination, and his heart is very good. I can't say that now, And the hospital won’t tell you the truth, saying you have a myocardial infarction. What exactly caused the myocardial infarction? They won’t tell you, they won’t tell you. Because you can never know the truth now, so you can never tell why. .”
Gao Min said that in fact, the CCP virus epidemic has never disappeared, but the authorities are not allowed to mention it now.
Gao Min: "It can be said that it has not disappeared from the beginning to now. It is just that sometimes it may appear weaker and sometimes stronger. What is the reason now? It is not publicized anymore, so whoever gets it and who should go to work can I don’t know. In the office, there is a person sitting across from you. He is positive or I am positive. I can’t be sure, so I won’t say it and others won’t care. Let’s just live in confusion. You go to the hospital. Nor does he tell you what it is, specifically what it is.”
Gao Min revealed that the epidemic situation in Henan has begun to heat up again, and many children have become infected.
Gao Min: "Because they are all children now, most of them are children. Sometimes if you don't ask about this, no one will tell me. Anyway, I know that one of my colleagues has a child in hospital."
The current outbreak of widespread respiratory diseases in northern China has attracted international attention. Henan, the Central Plains province where Gao Min lives, is also facing the same situation, but it has received little attention from the outside world.
On 27 November 2023, Henan's "Dahe News" reported that the number of pediatric patients in many hospitals in Zhengzhou continued to increase sharply. Influenza virus, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, adenovirus, respiratory syncytial virus and other pathogenic factors are superimposed, and many hospitals even require pediatric support from other departments.
Party media Henan Radio and Television also quoted the doctor.
Zheng Haitao, attending pediatrician at the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan Traditional Chinese Medicine: "Our pediatric outpatient clinic at the First Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine currently receives about 2,500 patients per day. (Respiratory diseases) account for 70% to 80%. The current wave of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections and this Influenza overlaps, and it seems that the end time may be after the New Year."
Liu Yuhui, deputy chief physician of pediatrics at Henan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine: "The number of children suffering from mycoplasma pneumonia in outpatient clinics is now significantly higher than in previous years. Inpatient beds are relatively tight and it is difficult to find a bed."
Reports also showed that some children developed white lungs.
Dai Yanlin, a physician in the Pediatric District 5 of the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan Traditional Chinese Medicine: "This is a 9-year-old and 8-month-old child. The mycoplasma test when he came here was positive, and the overall left lower lung is becoming more and more obvious. If not treated, the disease will later develop. The child's breathing lungs will no longer function, which may even affect the safety of the child's life."
Previously, in September and October, there were reports of children developing white lungs due to mycoplasma pneumonia in Henan, and reports of long queues at hospitals, indicating that the epidemic has been spreading since then.
NTDTV has learned through interviews that the provinces and cities where the same situation has occurred include Jilin Province, Zhejiang Province, Shanghaiy, Dalian, Zhangjiakou in Hebei Province, Xi'an in Shaanxi Province, Dongguan in Guangdong Province and other places.
The Emerging Disease Surveillance Program (ProMED) of the International Society for Infectious Diseases quoted media reports on November 22 as saying, "There has been a widespread outbreak of an undiagnosed respiratory disease in many areas of China. It is unclear when the epidemic began. So it is unusual for many children to be affected so quickly."
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An 8-year-old child in Jiangsu suffered a brainstem infarction and a large blood clot after contracting pneumonia
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A mainland child suffered a cerebral infarction after being infected with mycoplasma pneumonia. Recently, an 8-year-old boy from Nantong, Jiangsu Province suffered from mycoplasma pneumonia. Unexpectedly, in the early morning three days after being admitted to the hospital for treatment, he suddenly developed hemiplegia on his right side and was unable to speak. Brain MRI confirmed the diagnosis of brainstem infarction. Doctors removed the large clot during surgery.
Modern Express reported on the 28th that on 1 November 2023, 8-year-old Xiaobao (pseudonym) was taken to the Pediatric Internal Medicine Department of Nantong First People's Hospital by his mother for treatment because he had been coughing and had a high fever. After a comprehensive evaluation of Xiaobao, the pediatrician found that Xiaobao had pneumonia in the lower lobe of his right lung, lung consolidation, and mycoplasma infection. At the same time, the coagulation test showed that D dimer was 6275ug/l. Such a high level of D dimer indicates that Xiaobao is not simply suffering from pneumonia, but also has a hypercoagulable state, which is very likely to cause embolism.
At that time, Xiaobao could move his limbs freely, had no dizziness or headache, and had no underlying diseases. The doctor initially ruled out the possibility of pulmonary embolism and thrombosis of the lower limbs. However, at 4.52 am on 4 November, Xiaobao discovered something unusual. The 8-year-old actually wet the bed. The nurse on duty found that he was staring at his right eye, hemiplegic on his right limb, and unable to speak.
During the cranial magnetic resonance examination, it was shown that Xiaobao's brainstem and right cerebellum had acute infarction and the basilar artery was occluded. An 8-year-old child actually suffered from cerebral infarction.
Xiaobao was transferred to PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit). It is considered to be related to Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia combined with hypercoagulable state. After discussion, the medical staff recommended thrombectomy to open blood vessels. After communicating with the family, cerebral angiography and thrombectomy were started.
Intraoperative angiography confirmed embolism at the confluence of the V4 segments of the bilateral vertebral arteries. Then the nerve microcatheter, microguidewire and thrombectomy stent are introduced to mechanically remove the thrombus and remove the larger thrombus.
The incident aroused heated discussions and questions among netizens.
VV_Qi_FF: Mycoplasma is so scary, it can even cause cerebral infarction.
Qing Zhi Meng Liu: Can someone at such a young age get this disease?
Qingshan Qing89: Has this child’s speech and limbs recovered?
Yuan 3 Niu: I sincerely recommend that children in lower grades take online classes because cross-infection cannot be controlled.
Xiaoyao Zhongyong: Many people have been sick recently.
Mainland doctors remind that when people around you suddenly experience symptoms such as reduced mobility of one limb, slurred speech, dizziness, headache, facial paralysis, etc., they should immediately call 120 and send them to the nearest hospital with treatment capabilities.
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Beijing attributes surge in cases to mycoplasma, American doctor: It’s strange
Image : Children and their families waiting in the outpatient area of a children's hospital in Beijing on 23 November 2023. (Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images)
A cluster of pneumonia has recently appeared in children in northern China. The Chinese Communist government blames the surge in illnesses largely on Mycoplasma pneumoniae (known as Mycoplasma in Taiwan), which an American doctor says is strange.
Dr. David Hamer of Boston Medical Center told NBC Boston on Tuesday (28 November 2023) that when he read reports of a cluster of pneumonia in China late last week, he initially felt " very worried".
"It looks like there may be a surge in several respiratory pathogens, including Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and it may be that China's lockdown measures and dramatic increase in mask use during the pandemic have left children vulnerable," he said.
Hamer said he found it strange that the CCP regime was primarily blaming Mycoplasma pneumoniae for the surge in illnesses. He explained that Mycoplasma pneumoniae is easily curable with commonly used antibiotics.
"Similar surges in respiratory pathogens have been seen in other countries, including the United States," Hamer added.
Taiwan has accumulated a lot of rich experience in managing SARS and COVID-19 epidemics in the past. In particular, Taiwan has shown rare wisdom and rational judgment in not blindly following or believing the words of the Chinese Communist Party and relying on its own judgment and handling of epidemics.
Luo Yijun, deputy director of the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said on Monday (27th) that according to information released by Beijing, the epidemic was not caused by a single Mycoplasma pneumoniae strain.
He said that as the temperature gradually drops, the overall epidemic situation in China will continue to rise, and Taiwan will continue to observe subsequent epidemic trends to adjust epidemic prevention measures early next year. At present, Taiwan has comprehensively strengthened security at airports and ports, and has issued a circular to the medical community, reminding the medical community to inquire about travel history if they encounter relevant symptoms.
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American doctors: We must always be vigilant against new pathogens
Another U.S. doctor cautioned to always be vigilant about the emergence of new pathogens. Dr. Shira Doron of Tufts Medical Center wrote an article in the Boston Globe last year explaining that there was a surge in respiratory illnesses in the Boston area.
She said the surge in respiratory illnesses only occurred last winter as public immunity waned due to various covid control measures during the pandemic.
What's happening now in China sounds a lot like what happened in Boston last year, she said in an email this week, but "we (still) must always remain vigilant about the emergence of new pathogens."
The World Health Organization (WHO) last week raised concerns about a cluster of pneumonia in northern China, saying Beijing was not sharing adequate information with the international community about a rise in respiratory illnesses. Prior to this, the media and the global epidemic monitoring system ProMED reported this situation.
ProMED was the first agency to warn of the emergence of COVID-19 in Wuhan.
Earlier this year, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus publicly criticized the Chinese government for its lack of clarity on China's immunization status. Beijing has always emphasized that its data is "open and transparent".
The World Health Organization hinted in a statement last week that it had not received detailed epidemiological and clinical information from Beijing, as well as laboratory results from the pneumonia cluster. But then, the WHO quoted Chinese Communist Party officials as reporting that data showed that the increase in hospitalizations was due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae, respiratory syncytial virus, and seasonal influenza viruses.
The world's top scientific journal "Nature" published an article on Monday pointing out that there are at least three "unusual" aspects behind the surge in respiratory disease cases in China. The first is the high incidence of pneumonia; the second is that Mycoplasma pneumoniae is usually easy to cure, but this time it has hit China; the third is that the Chinese Communist Party officially claims that pneumonia is a bacterial infection, but it is common in other countries. Viral infection.
Beijing's apparent opacity and past poor record of covering up epidemics have prompted some international medical professionals to compare the emerging pneumonia epidemic to the covid epidemic. Three years ago, Beijing withheld information about the severity and scope of the epidemic while hiding evidence of a surge in deaths.
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Tianjin epidemic situation will reach yellow alert. Doctor: No effective medicine
The epidemic situation in many places in China has escalated again today. "Healthy Tianjin" issued a statement on its WeChat account on November 28, saying: Tianjin's influenza epidemic classification is level three, and it is now at epidemic level. Influenza cases accounted for 9.63% of outpatient and emergency cases, which was higher than the baseline level (4.40%). The viruses are mainly type A H3N2, followed by type B. It is expected that the yellow alert will be reached from 27 November to 3 December. During this period, the level of influenza in Tianjin is high and it is easy to be infected.
According to other online content, Tianjin Children's Hospital mentioned in a "Letter to the Families of Children" that on November 18, the number of outpatient visits in the hospital's two campuses exceeded 13,171 in a single day. The number of outpatient and emergency visits exceeded 10,000 for more than 100 consecutive days.
In addition, from 23 November to 27 November 2023, education bureaus and other departments in Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong and other places issued notices that teachers and students should not go to work or go to school while sick. Some netizens believe: "If you don't go to work, who will support your family and who will get medical treatment?" Others are worried that hospitals will not be able to handle the concentrated outbreak and hope that Beijing's primary and secondary schools will temporarily hold online classes for two weeks to slow down the spread of the virus.
Many medical experts in mainland China have expressed their helplessness over the recent outbreak. On 27 November, many clinical infectious disease experts in China bluntly stated to the Chinese Communist Party media "People's Daily" that there is no specific drug for upper respiratory tract infections, and explained, "There are currently a variety of respiratory pathogens superimposed, such as influenza virus, adenovirus, Mycoplasma infection, etc. Clinically, there is no specific drug for these respiratory pathogens."
This is considered to be a disguised admission by mainland China's medical system that it is difficult to treat the covi variant. Because the outside world suspects that the various names such as "mycoplasma pneumonia" by the authorities are actually new names given by the authorities to cover up the covi variants.
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Red singer Dedema passed away; literary and artistic celebrities died of many illnesses
According to today’s news, Chinese musician Kochinfu posted on 28 November 2023: Mongolian mezzo-soprano singer Dedema died of illness on 28 November 2023 at the age of 76.
Public information shows that she has sung many popular songs, such as "Beautiful Grassland, My Home" and the Mongolian version of "Honghu Water Waves" and other songs. In March 1998, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, Dedema was arranged by the authorities to perform in Japan. A month later, on 2 April 1998, he suddenly suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and fell to the ground.
Many red artists have passed away this year. They were accused of praising the CCP during their lifetime and helping the CCP brainwash the Chinese people.
For example, on 3 January 2023, Li Yunqiu, a Peking opera performer at the Beijing Peking Opera Company, died of illness at the age of 89. He once starred in the red opera "Honghu Red Guards".
On 2 January 2023 Luo Nianyi, a member of the Communist Party of China and composer, passed away at the age of 90. He once composed the music for the popular song "Laundry Song".
On 1 January 2023, Chinese director Wei Lian passed away at the age of 78. He once directed the CCP red film "The Great War".
Regarding the large number of red theatrical performances, the book "The Devil Rules Our World" reveals: The theatrical performances in communist countries use art to make people forget the suffering under the Communist Party and cultivate loyalty to the Communist Party.
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Gallagher: Don’t think the CCP will obey under difficult circumstances
Reporter : Lin Yan / Editor : Ye Ziwei / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/23/11/29/n14126161.htm / Image : On 12 July 2023, in Washington, Rep. Mike Gallagher (Republican of Wisconsin), chairman of the Special Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, spoke at an interfaith roundtable on the threat to religious freedom posed by the Chinese Communist Party. (Madalina Vasiliu/English Epoch Times)
U.S. congressmen reminded that hoping that China’s economic difficulties will make the CCP more willing to accept reconciliation is a reflection of the power-hungry nature of the Chinese Communist Party and a serious misunderstanding of the lessons of history.
On Tuesday (28 November 2023), the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee wrote to the Wall Street Journal that Congressman Michael Gallagher, chairman of the China Communist Party Committee, said that China’s economy is currently in trouble, and there are many Critics question whether China has reached its “peak.”
After suffering population decline and self-destructive economic policies, China's once-powerful economic engine has weakened, perhaps permanently, he said.
The deterioration of China's economy does not mean that the CCP will get better or that the CCP will not trigger conflicts. Building a first-class military and regaining Taiwan are among the top priorities publicly declared by Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping.
Even the Pentagon’s recently released annual report on China’s military power clearly stated that despite China’s sharp slowdown in economic growth, Beijing “can support continued growth in defense spending for at least the next five to ten years.”
"Economic difficulties may actually be a feature of the Chinese Communist Party's strategy rather than a flaw," Gallagher said. "They think the United States is weak and unwilling to endure hardship."
He pointed out that high unemployment, economic stagnation and public dissatisfaction are the existential challenges facing the Communist Party, but the Chinese Communist Party may instead use the invasion of Taiwan to effectively distract domestic attention.
According to the veteran military analyst's judgment, if a conflict breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, sanctions and supply chain disruptions will cause serious damage to the global economy; but even if China is hit more severely, Xi may also bet that Western societies will succumb first.
Gallagher gave the example of China going through the Great Leap Forward (1958-62) and the Cultural Revolution (1966-76). Despite severe repression that cost tens of millions of Chinese lives, China Still in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party.
If history is a guide, Russian President Vladimir Putin still chose to invade Ukraine despite facing challenges in the domestic economy. The Japanese Empire before the outbreak of World War II, the Showa Great Depression did not weaken Japan's foreign ambitions.
As China’s economy slows, Chinese coast guard and maritime militia vessels ram Philippine coast guard and military supply ships in the South China Sea. The Philippines is an ally of the United States.
Over the past two years, Chinese troops have conducted more than 180 unsafe and unprofessional interceptions of U.S. troops, with U.S. and Chinese troops even just feet away from a fatal collision. At the same time, Beijing’s threats to Taiwan are escalating, including an unprecedented crossing of the central line of the Taiwan Strait by Chinese military aircraft.
"War with Beijing is not inevitable. But we cannot rely on economic 'dark sabotage' to prevent conflict. U.S. policymakers—from the president to Congress—cannot stake peace on wishful thinking and must do all they can to deter China (Chinese Communist Party), prevent conflict before it is too late," Gallagher wrote.
He reminded President Biden that the Chinese Communist Party’s recent actions contradict the White House’s assumptions.
“Hopefully, Beijing’s economic woes will make it more willing to accept reconciliation,” he said. “But this assumption is a serious misreading of the power-hungry nature of the Chinese Communist Party and the lessons of history.”
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CCP's face changes so quickly! The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China once again criticized the United States and was ridiculed by the crowd
Reporter : Zhou Guihang / Editor : Lin Qing / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/11/28/a103830212.html / Image : File photo of Wang Wenbin, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)
Xi Jinping visited the United States in mid-November, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China sang that "the door to Sino-US friendship will no longer be closed." Just 11 days ago, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs cursed the United States again. Netizens ridiculed him as "crazy".
At the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China on 28 November 2023, a Reuters reporter asked: The United States warned UAE companies that cooperation with Huawei and other Chinese companies may result in advanced U.S. technology falling into the hands of China. What is China’s comment on this?
When answering questions, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin accused the United States of using "unfounded" reasons to implement "economic coercion" and cursed that "the U.S. actions seriously undermine the international economic and trade order" and are "unpopular and will not succeed."
On that day, the party media such as CCTV and other mouthpieces of the Communist Party of China hyped Wang Wenbin’s response in a high-profile manner. The topic "#US has repeatedly undermined cooperation between Chinese enterprises and other countries#" was once ranked No. 7 on Weibo's hot search list. A group of "patriotic netizens" rushed forward and accused the United States of "undermining Sino-US relations."
At the same time, the Chinese Communist Party’s cyber army is also hyping up “American poisoning” in an attempt to blame the United States for this wave of epidemics in China.
On 17 November 2023, the day Xi Jinping arrived in San Francisco, the Chinese Communist Party’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning shouted at a regular press conference: “Once the door to Sino-US relations is opened, it will never be closed again.” In the few days since Xi Jinping attended the APEC Summit in San Francisco and met with US President Joe Biden, the Chinese Communist Party officials and party media have been working hard to promote "China-US friendship."
Now, just over a week has passed, and the CCP's public opinion direction has begun to change, causing many netizens to lament that "the change is too fast" and "I am about to be knocked unconscious."
On the Overseas "Little Pinky is dizzy." "What a pitiful diplomat. Every day he overturns what he said the day before." "Intermittent Wolf Warrior Diplomacy." "Medically, this is called intermittent schizophrenia."
Some netizens said: "Nothing was discussed during the (visiting meeting), so I came back and continued to scold." "It's just repeated pulling and pulling during the decline of (U.S.-China relations), which is normal."
Someone else left a message: "I said at the beginning that (US-China friendship) would be over within a week. It turned out to be true."
During the visit to Xi Jinping in San Francisco, Taiwanese media quoted comments saying that there has been no substantial change in U.S.-China relations, and ridiculed that the "honeymoon period" between the two sides could be "as long as two weeks."
Some commentators have analyzed that Beijing may just want to use this meeting with Xi to demonstrate its so-called "big power diplomacy" in order to continue to maintain the legitimacy of the CCP's governance and the personal authority of the party leader.
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