春节期间,广东一些城市发生“非典型肺炎”(以下简称“非病”),传言始于手机短信,2月8日,无数条手机短信在重复着一个内容:广州发生致命流感。传言迅速演变成为谣言,大半个南中国一度沉浸在极度的恐惧与惊慌之中,无所适从的人们在板蓝根、白醋、食盐的抢购风潮里奔走相告:瘟疫来了。 During the Spring Festival, some cities in Guangdong “SARS” (hereinafter referred to as “non-disease ”), the rumor began with SMS, February 8, countless SMS repeating the same content: a deadly flu in Guangzhou . The rumors quickly evolved into rumors that most of the South China was once immersed in extreme fear and panic, and people who know what to do were running in the panic buying of Banlangen, white vinegar and salt: the plague came.