Hand, foot and mouth disease
Posted by deneb7 on May 5, 2008
Just saw this article which reported an increase in reports of hand, foot and mouth disease, as well as discovery and punishment of corruption related to it.
Apparently, some doctors and officials were giving injections of a bogus “vaccine” to make money, and knowledge of the disease was not spread or properly handled.
I think the biggest complaint from the sars outbreak was the under-reporting/cover-up of cases, so it’s encouraging that the CCP changed its guidelines for reporting cases to more accurately gauge conditions/progress of the disease.
I hope the increased transparency continues and that this isn’t just a political tactic for the olympics or whatever reason.
By the way, the WHO says this will peak in June and July so hopefully with increased vigilance it won’t turn out to be such a huge disaster as sars. The disease seems to target children, which I feel makes it a bigger tragedy.
After all, that’s what made the pharaoh finally give in to Moses, wasn’t it?
dracil said
Weird, I thought I commented. Guess not.
Anyway, yeah, the 10th plague caused first-born sons to die. The actual disease one was the 5th one though, which only killed livestock.
Sad Mom said
I am sad because my 18 month old son has contracted Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease. I hate the way he looks and I feel so helpless. I want it to go away now and not in a week. I have never even heard of such a disease nor have I seen anyone with it.