[The Epoch Times, July 18, 2022](The Epoch Times reporter Ning Haizhong comprehensive report) In response to the Omicron BA.5 virus strain that appeared in China, Yang Zhanqiu, an expert from Wuhan University, said in an interview with CCTV that BA.5 The pathogenicity is significantly weakened, similar to a cold. The report was deleted. The People’s Daily then interviewed another official expert who emphasized the threat of BA.5. Analysis believes that the CCP’s cultural and propaganda system is eliminating all other official noises that are different from “dynamic clearing”, which is related to Xi Jinping’s re-election to the 20th National Congress.
On the 17th, the People’s Daily published an interview with Dong Xiaoping, the chief expert of virology at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Dong Xiaoping said that compared with other variants of Omicron, the pathogenicity of BA.4 and BA.5 variants did not increase or weaken significantly. He also said that the BA.5 variant still poses a greater threat to the elderly and people with underlying diseases.
Dong Xiaoping also said that the authorities’ existing prevention and control measures are still effective, and the general policy of “dynamic clearing” must be unswerving.
In a CCTV interview released on July 11, Yang Zhanqiu, a professor at the Institute of Virology, School of Basic Medicine, Wuhan University, said that the pathogenic ability of all Omicron mutant viruses is higher than that of the viruses that were popular in the past. significantly weakened compared to the strains.
Yang Zhanqiu said that most of the patients infected with the Omicron variant virus are asymptomatic infections, and the degree of harm caused by the disease is significantly reduced. And the current mutant virus is only infected in the throat and upper respiratory tract, similar to cold symptoms, and will not cause serious symptoms such as pneumonia.
However, the interview video on CCTV and the video reprinted by many news websites in mainland China have been deleted one after another.
Li Lin, a current affairs commentator, told The Epoch Times that many foreign experts believe that Omicron BA.4 or BA.5 are only strong in communication, but generally cause mild symptoms. Experts in mainland China also echoed this, and Yang Zhanqiu, deputy director of the Institute of Virology, Wuhan University Medical Department, was just one of them.
Li Linyi said that the CCP’s CCTV has now deleted Yang Zhanqiu’s statement, indicating that the CCP thinks his words are out of date. Because if most of the symptoms are mild, then Xi Jinping’s “dynamic clearing” policy will lose its rationality, which will affect Xi’s re-election at the 20th National Congress. The authorities want to eliminate all other official noises, and at the same time continue to promote “dynamic clearing”, so there are “experts” who come out and say how harmful the virus is.
The CCP’s propaganda campaign for “dynamic clearing” must not be questioned
When Xi Jinping inspected Xinjiang on the 12th and 13th of this month, he emphasized his insistence on “dynamic clearing”. Since the beginning of this year, Xi Jinping has been to Hainan, Sichuan and Wuhan, and every time he speaks, he must take the “dynamic clearing” with him.
In addition, over the past three months, state media have intensively defended Xi Jinping’s “dynamic clearing”. Ma Xiaowei, director of the Chinese Communist Party’s Health and Health Commission, published signed articles in the official media in April and May, saying that he would insist on “dynamic clearing”. In June, when he met the new US ambassador to China Nicholas Burns in Beijing, Emphasize this again.
On the contrary, an article titled “The foundation of economic stabilization is not firm yet, and a package of policies must be pushed to the end” on June 21, the CCP’s Xinhua News Agency publication, did not mention “zeroing out”, saying that economic stabilization is a “A more arduous task than epidemic prevention and control” was deleted after publication.
Shanghai epidemic prevention expert Zhang Wenhong’s team reported a clinical study on June 18 that the severe rate of Omicron variant infection was extremely low, and the severe rate of non-high-risk group was zero. The article was also deleted after it was published in the official journal of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Comments from mainland social media netizens who questioned the policy of “dynamic clearing” were also removed.
On July 14, the comment page of the CCP’s “People’s Daily” published an article “Unswervingly Adhere to the General Policy of “Dynamic Clearing”, citing Xi Jinping’s recent inspection in Hubei, “If the general ledger is calculated, our epidemic prevention measures are the most economical. the best effect.” But behind the topic on Weibo with the label “Our epidemic prevention measures are the best”, netizens left messages saying, “Talking about yourself, bragging, deceiving yourself, asking for trouble.” “Death in the emergency room, The ghosts waiting for the nucleic acid results outside the emergency room are all good to hear.” “Want to go all the way to the dark?” “Cost? Economy? What about the lives of the people?”
The webmaster quickly deleted the comments.
According to a report by the French Broadcasting Corporation on the 18th, Xi Jinping has regarded “zeroing” as the so-called institutional advantage of the CCP, his personal achievement, and as a sign of the successful re-election of the 20th National Congress. If so, how could he give up?
Responsible editor: Fang Ming#