Chinese Health Officials Deny Western Media’s Claims on Respiratory Illness Surge

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Chinese health officials call out western media’s lack of ‘common sense’ on country’s respiratory illness rise

Chinese health officials call out western media’s lack of ‘common sense’ on country’s respiratory illness rise

Chinese health experts are working to reassure the public about the recent spike in respiratory illnesses and are pointing the blame at western media outlets for “disregarding both common sense and facts.”

Denial of Rumors and Reassurance

Chinese Communist Party officials are denying rumors on social media that the recent surge in respiratory illness is caused by mutations of coronavirus or immune deficiency induced by the coronavirus, claiming that the current pathogens are completely different from the COVID pathogen. Zhang Wenhong, director of the National Medical Center for Infectious Diseases in Shanghai, explained in a post that the public does not need to be alarmed when people test positive for multiple pathogens. In light of the recent news by Zhang, “it could simply be a result of more powerful testing kits.”

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While it rarely happens, Zhang warned the public that it is important to learn to monitor when respiratory cases become severe, as influenza could lead to pneumonia and breathing difficulties.

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