Because it was never really gone, and you’re not actually surprised: a new case of avian flu has recently been confirmed by the Guangdong Provincial Health and Child Planning committee, reported ChinaNews.

The patient is a 37 year-old man from Gaozhou, in Maoming. Surnamed Deng, the man currently lives in Longgang District, Shenzhen. Positively diagnosed with the H7N9 virus on April 1, Deng is currently in stable condition at a Shenzhen hospital.

Avian flu outbreaks have sporadically occurred in Guangdong. Twenty-two cases of avian flu were reported from January 30 to February 9 of this year, an outbreak in which a total of five people died from the disease.

Live poultry markets were shuttered from February 13 to 28 as a result, a practical move in light of the news that the H7N9 virus was found at Shenzhen wet markets last December that nevertheless remained open for business.

All the same, we heard back in December from a scientist that assured the public the chances of an epidemic in Guangdong are low. And what did Jesse Pinkman have to say about science?

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