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Peebo
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Anyone still doubt where Wuhan virus started.
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Anyone still doubt where Wuhan virus started.
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Sarcelle
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You mean COVID was just the appetizer?
The main course is on its way?
The main course is on its way?
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Cruciferi
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Thanks China 
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Kaninchen
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At least that’s one pandemic half of us will be missing out on.
Ouch!
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umamibella
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Its pretty serious given the amount of people now infected and the cause of the escape of Brucellosis, being out of date cleaning chemicals.
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Duke12VonFalkenburg
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Can anybody post screenshots for me? I am in China now i cant see the article.
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umamibella
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An outbreak of a debilitating airborne infection that can floor people for months, and in some cases kill, is more widespread than first thought, Chinese officials have confirmed.
News reports have said the disease’s spread is “way larger” than expected and has led to “widespread concern” about its consequences.
Almost 3500 people in the city of Lanzhou, in northwest China, have now tested positive for brucellosis, a bacterial infection which can have the side effect of inflamed testicles and can render some men infertile.
Alarm bells were raised more than a year ago when people began falling ill in Lanzhou in China’s Gansu Province.
Typical initial symptoms of brucellosis include a flu-like illness with weakness, sweats, weight loss and muscle pain. But its effects can be far more invasive with 2 per cent of those infected dying from the disease.
It’s usually spread to humans from animals, often via undercooked meat, but also through consuming unpasteurised dairy products such as raw milk and cheese.
However, it can also be inhaled which is how the thousands in Lanzhou were infected.
News reports have said the disease’s spread is “way larger” than expected and has led to “widespread concern” about its consequences.
Almost 3500 people in the city of Lanzhou, in northwest China, have now tested positive for brucellosis, a bacterial infection which can have the side effect of inflamed testicles and can render some men infertile.
Alarm bells were raised more than a year ago when people began falling ill in Lanzhou in China’s Gansu Province.
Typical initial symptoms of brucellosis include a flu-like illness with weakness, sweats, weight loss and muscle pain. But its effects can be far more invasive with 2 per cent of those infected dying from the disease.
It’s usually spread to humans from animals, often via undercooked meat, but also through consuming unpasteurised dairy products such as raw milk and cheese.
However, it can also be inhaled which is how the thousands in Lanzhou were infected.
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umamibella
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However, it has now been discovered that the Lanzhou Biopharmaceutical Plant had been accidentally pumping out the brucella bacteria while, ironically, producing a vaccine for brucellosis.
For around a month between July and August, the factory had used out-of-date sanitisers during production of the virus that had allowed bacteria containing aerosols to waft over the local area.
Initially only a small number of people were thought to be infected, but testing of 21,000 residents has now uncovered 3245 with the bacteria in their systems. No deaths have been reported.
“The number is way larger than expected and raised widespread concern over the disease’s spread and its consequences,” reported China’s state-run Global Times newspaper.
The extent of the outbreak led the disease to trend on Chinese social media site Weibo.
For around a month between July and August, the factory had used out-of-date sanitisers during production of the virus that had allowed bacteria containing aerosols to waft over the local area.
Initially only a small number of people were thought to be infected, but testing of 21,000 residents has now uncovered 3245 with the bacteria in their systems. No deaths have been reported.
“The number is way larger than expected and raised widespread concern over the disease’s spread and its consequences,” reported China’s state-run Global Times newspaper.
The extent of the outbreak led the disease to trend on Chinese social media site Weibo.
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umamibella
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I will post up what global times says too
A total of 3,245 people had tested positive for Brucellosis as of Monday in Lanzhou, Northwest China’s Gansu Province, after a local Brucella leakage in July-August 2019. The number is way more larger than expected and raised widespread concern over the disease’s spread and its consequences.
More than 21,000 people had been tested as of Monday, of whom 4,646 had initially been classified as positive, with 3,245 confirmed positive by the Gansu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the China News Service reported on Wednesday.
Nearly 20 out of the 40 infected patients who were interviewed by the media this year said they have suffered from fever, muscular pain and malaise, all of which are symptoms of Brucellosis, Caixin reported on Wednesday.
The report has triggered widespread public concern over the treatments and consequences of the infected patients, as the topic climbed to the top of the search bar on China’s social network Sina Weibo, with more than 48 million views as of Tuesday evening.
The Lanzhou Health Commission said that compensation will be offered in October to the patients.
Eleven public medical institutions have been designated as hospitals, with green channels and specialized clinics to provide free testing and standardized treatment, according to the report.
Meanwhile, local authorities including the Gansu Provincial Health Commission and the Lanzhou Municipal Health Commission refused to disclose more information when reached by the Global Times on Wednesday. The incident happened between last July and August, after the Zhongmu Lanzhou biological pharmaceutical factory used expired disinfectant in its Brucella vaccine production, leading to bacteria-containing aerosols leaking in the area.
The Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute was downwind of thefactory, and it thus become the direct victim of the leak and reported the first several cases of the outbreak in November 2019, which then led to infections of thousands of people, the report said.
Brucellosis is an infectious bacterial disease caused by Brucella. It can be transmitted by contact with infected livestock including cattle and sheep, while chances of human-to-human transmission are rare, according to a report released by the World Health Organization.
Experts suggest that people should not drink unsterilized raw milk from cows or sheep, to avoid contracting Brucellosis, the China News Service reported early in September.
The disease can cause incessant fever, fatigue, and joint and muscular pain. Some patients can no longer engage in heavy physical work, for which reason it is commonly known as “lazy man’s disease.”
A total of 3,245 people had tested positive for Brucellosis as of Monday in Lanzhou, Northwest China’s Gansu Province, after a local Brucella leakage in July-August 2019. The number is way more larger than expected and raised widespread concern over the disease’s spread and its consequences.
More than 21,000 people had been tested as of Monday, of whom 4,646 had initially been classified as positive, with 3,245 confirmed positive by the Gansu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the China News Service reported on Wednesday.
Nearly 20 out of the 40 infected patients who were interviewed by the media this year said they have suffered from fever, muscular pain and malaise, all of which are symptoms of Brucellosis, Caixin reported on Wednesday.
The report has triggered widespread public concern over the treatments and consequences of the infected patients, as the topic climbed to the top of the search bar on China’s social network Sina Weibo, with more than 48 million views as of Tuesday evening.
The Lanzhou Health Commission said that compensation will be offered in October to the patients.
Eleven public medical institutions have been designated as hospitals, with green channels and specialized clinics to provide free testing and standardized treatment, according to the report.
Meanwhile, local authorities including the Gansu Provincial Health Commission and the Lanzhou Municipal Health Commission refused to disclose more information when reached by the Global Times on Wednesday. The incident happened between last July and August, after the Zhongmu Lanzhou biological pharmaceutical factory used expired disinfectant in its Brucella vaccine production, leading to bacteria-containing aerosols leaking in the area.
The Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute was downwind of thefactory, and it thus become the direct victim of the leak and reported the first several cases of the outbreak in November 2019, which then led to infections of thousands of people, the report said.
Brucellosis is an infectious bacterial disease caused by Brucella. It can be transmitted by contact with infected livestock including cattle and sheep, while chances of human-to-human transmission are rare, according to a report released by the World Health Organization.
Experts suggest that people should not drink unsterilized raw milk from cows or sheep, to avoid contracting Brucellosis, the China News Service reported early in September.
The disease can cause incessant fever, fatigue, and joint and muscular pain. Some patients can no longer engage in heavy physical work, for which reason it is commonly known as “lazy man’s disease.”
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