Unveil SARS in China

SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) is an atypical pneumonia caused by coronavirus, which was recognized in Asia, North America, and Europe at the end of February 2003. In general , SARS begins with a fever higher than 38¡ãC (>100.4¡ãF). Other symptoms may include headache, an overall feeling of discomfort, body aches, dry couth, troubles with breathing. The primary way that SARS appears to spread is by close person-to-person contact. Potential ways include touching things contaminated with infectious droplets and then touching your eye, nose, or mouth. It also is possible that SARS can be spread more broadly though the air or by other ways that are current not known.

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International censures, rumors and panic

We are suffering from SARS, but don¡¯t forget SARS is an infectious disease, that makes China be a big fly among international counterparts. As mentioned above, some foreign firms have already closed their offices in China or ordered expatriate employees to return home. Many countries have tightened the tour and immigration procedures or regulations especially for Chinese people. China has been accused of totalitarian control, blocking the passage of information, withholding the true figures and irresponsible for the plague over the world. Of course, some of the criticisms, which based upon realities, are undeniable. However, some of them are vicious attacks and deliberate slanders. Furthermore, domestic rumors are everywhere now in China. National wide, police have detained 105 people in 17 provinces and major cities on charges of spreading rumors. In Beijing, a man was detained May 3 after posting a comment online saying that 400 people had died of SARS in a city. In the eastern city of Nanjing, a man was detained for sending SMS messages saying that setting of fireworks would stop the virus. According to Xinhua News Agency, ¡°the rumor caused a very bad social influence.¡± Panic has stricken many Chinese. In April, thousands of people fled Beijing and others stripped grocery stores of food after stories spread that the capital would be sealed off. The price of vinegar and Radix Isatidis is tenfold than before. Masks and other related medicine are out of stock. We are really like a swarm of fly, which have no sense of direction.

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