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Jump to full article: Reuters, 2003-05-07
Intro: China has detained four people for spreading rumors about SARS on the Internet and through mobile phone messages, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Beijing police, which has 40,000 specialized Internet enforcers, detained the four after intercepting their messages, Xinhua said late on Tuesday.
"Using SARS as an excuse, they purposefully spread harmful rumors causing social panic, undermining the fight against the spread of disease and destroying social order," it said. . .
Popular rumors include eating turnips, carrots, garlic or ginger to ward off the disease, or that the virus avoids people who chain smoke cigarettes and overindulge in alcohol.
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