Some 21, 000 people, or two-thirds of the county seat's population, were dead or missing in the 8.0-magnitude earthquake on May 12 last year, making the county the worst hit in the quake.

北川为去年5月12日的8级大地震中受灾最重的县，当地约21000人(该县三分之二的人口)死亡或失踪。

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These expectations, misinformed by associations of disease with dead bodies, can create fear and panic in the affected population and lead to confusion in the media and elsewhere.

这种被误导的预期(通常是因为人们把疾病与尸体关联起来)会导致受灾人群的担忧和恐慌，并引发媒体和其它相关机构的认知混乱。

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As the population had no experience with this disease, high-risk behaviours commonly occurred during the disposal of carcasses or the preparation of sick or dead birds for consumption.

由于民众缺乏关于该病的经验，在处理死禽尸体或将病禽或死禽制作食用期间通常发生高危行为。

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