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Ethnic Mongolians Slam Anthrax 'Vaccines' For Animal Deaths, Human Infections
2015-11-05
Ethnic Mongolian herders in China's northern region of Inner Mongolia have accused local officials of injecting more than 2,000 head of livestock with an overdose of anthrax vaccine, causing hundreds of animal deaths from the disease and an unknown number of anthrax cases in local people.
Herding communities in Bayanhangai Som in Urad Middle Banner (county) say the authorities began injecting sheep, cattle, and horses with an overdose of anthrax vaccine on Oct. 23 after claiming to identify symptoms of the highly infectious disease in horses.
Local people said the horses had been poisoned by eating wild onions, but that officials refused to listen, injecting at least 2,448 head of sheep, cattle, and horses.
Hundreds of animals have since died, and an unknown number of people have been infected, they told RFA.
"Several hundred people have caught this disease," one local herder told RFA. "It's not too bad if it's caught early, but if it's caught too late, it can be fatal.".
"They can't eradicate it ... and a lot of sheep have died after receiving these vaccinations," said the man, who asked to remain anonymous. "But the herders don't dare come out and talk about this."
He said he had been unable to transmit photos of the anthrax vaccination station by message to RFA on Tuesday. "I couldn't get it to send," he said....
2015-11-05
Ethnic Mongolian herders in China's northern region of Inner Mongolia have accused local officials of injecting more than 2,000 head of livestock with an overdose of anthrax vaccine, causing hundreds of animal deaths from the disease and an unknown number of anthrax cases in local people.
Herding communities in Bayanhangai Som in Urad Middle Banner (county) say the authorities began injecting sheep, cattle, and horses with an overdose of anthrax vaccine on Oct. 23 after claiming to identify symptoms of the highly infectious disease in horses.
Local people said the horses had been poisoned by eating wild onions, but that officials refused to listen, injecting at least 2,448 head of sheep, cattle, and horses.
Hundreds of animals have since died, and an unknown number of people have been infected, they told RFA.
"Several hundred people have caught this disease," one local herder told RFA. "It's not too bad if it's caught early, but if it's caught too late, it can be fatal.".
"They can't eradicate it ... and a lot of sheep have died after receiving these vaccinations," said the man, who asked to remain anonymous. "But the herders don't dare come out and talk about this."
He said he had been unable to transmit photos of the anthrax vaccination station by message to RFA on Tuesday. "I couldn't get it to send," he said....