http://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2021/07/15/nyt-quotes-unnamed-experts-from-chinese-state-media-to-make-everyone-feel-safe-about-the-h5n6-avian-flu/
Don’t worry, everyone.
Chinese state media says “the risk of large-scale transmission was low” from the H5N6 strain of avian flu that’s hospitalized a 55-year-old man in Bazhong, a city in the province of Sichuan:
The New York Times ~ A 55-year-old man has been hospitalized in China after contracting the H5N6 strain of avian flu. Chinese state news media said that the risk of large-scale transmission was low.
http://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/15/world/china-bird-flu.html?smid=tw-nytimes&;smtyp=cur
Yoshita Singh योषिता सिंह ~ "... the risk of large-scale transmission was low."
Wonder where have we heard that before? 🧐🤔 #China
Oh, it gets worse.
Not only is the NYT quoting Chinese state media, but also “unnamed experts” and unnamed local officials:
A man has been hospitalized in southwestern China after contracting the H5N6 strain of avian flu, Chinese state news media reported on Thursday, a reminder that the world is full of flu viruses even during a coronavirus pandemic.
The man, 55, was hospitalized in Bazhong, a city in the southwestern province of Sichuan, after coming down with a fever and testing positive for the virus on July 6, the state-run China Global Television Network reported.
Local officials had “activated an emergency response and sterilized the area,” the broadcaster said in a brief report in English. It cited unnamed experts as saying that the risk of large-scale transmission among humans was low. The report did not provide other details or say whether the man handled poultry as part of his job.
Well done, guys:
Jim Geraghty ~ And if there’s anything we’ve learned in the past 18 months or so about the Chinese government’s ability to assess the risk of large-scale transmission ...
And based on the past 18 months, we should probably shut down all travel with China right now:
David Rutz ~ Chinese state news media is just overflowing with credibility on these and other issues.
Well, the Marxist bootlickers who run The New York Times think so.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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