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Opinion
MERS and H7N9: A Tale of Two Outbreaks
When medical malpractice, in the guise of politics, is carried out on a global scale.
By Crawford Kilian, Today, TheTyee.ca
Last June, I wrote about the outbreaks of H7N9 avian flu and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, and what they told us about the politics of healthcare in China and the Gulf states -- especially Saudi Arabia. China, having lost face by suppressing news of the SARS outbreak in 2003-04, was now being much more open; Saudi Arabia, by contrast, was revealing as little as possible...
Opinion
MERS and H7N9: A Tale of Two Outbreaks
When medical malpractice, in the guise of politics, is carried out on a global scale.
By Crawford Kilian, Today, TheTyee.ca
Last June, I wrote about the outbreaks of H7N9 avian flu and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, and what they told us about the politics of healthcare in China and the Gulf states -- especially Saudi Arabia. China, having lost face by suppressing news of the SARS outbreak in 2003-04, was now being much more open; Saudi Arabia, by contrast, was revealing as little as possible...