Flu Threat Spurs Culture Change

摘要

In the news & analysis story "tense vigil in china as nasty flu virus stirs back to life" (C. Larson, 29 November 2013, p. 1031), George Gao, the deputy director-general of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, is quoted as saying that "You cannot change culture," suggesting that there is no point in trying to change the live poultry markets in China. Evidence contradicts this assumption.