China Says This New Outbreak Is Nothing to Worry About. How Can We Be Sure?
Children receive a drip on the stairs at a children’s hospital in Beijing on November 23, 2023. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images)
Less than four years after Covid, as another respiratory illness spreads in China, we’ve learned nothing from the pandemic, writes Alina Chan.
Two weeks ago, Taiwanese media reported an outbreak of pneumonia in several northern regions of China. Footage showed crowds of masked parents and children at a hospital in Beijing. Sick children attached to intravenous drips filled the lobby of another hospital in Liaoning as they waited hours to see a doctor.
These reports were immediately flagged by …
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