Despite illnesses and death, CDC can't name disease - TW

[dArKeR]

By Wang Hsiao-wen
STAFF REPORTER
Friday, Jul 30, 2004,Page 1

A week after 24 students from the Military Academy in Kaohsiung County Fong Sheng City began suffering from a persistent fever, together with the sudden death of the student Yen Ming-cheng (???), the Department of Health's Center for Disease Control (CDC) is still struggling to identify the unknown disease.

The CDC is analyzing 24 nasopharyngeal swaps and blood tests in cooperation with the Medical Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense.

"Our initial finding from the specimens suggests that the student died of bacteremia induced by pseudomonas infection. Nonetheless, we cannot locate the source of infection until further tests in the lab yield more results," the CDC's deputy director-general, Shih Wen-yi (???), announced in a press conference in Kaohsiung yesterday.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2004/07/30/2003180982

[Greedy Oil Puritan]

1. Blame the fucking Beijngese assholes...

They're the ones keeping Taiwan out of the WHO and allowing this to happen.