Any Moment Could Be Your Last”: Young People Suddenly "Passing Away", Sudden Driver Collapses

It's all covered in today's China Truths. China's epidemic is rising rapidly, with many young people passing away unexpectedly. China's epidemic is rising rapidly, and the number of sudden passings has increased sharply, including many well-known academicians, professors and business elites, and it is showing a trend of younger age, with many young and middle-aged people and even young people in their teens and twenties passing away. The owner of a private clinic in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, who goes by the pseudonym Liu Kun, revealed that the epidemic has persisted, and there are many symptoms of coughing, sputum, vomiting and diarrhea. Liu Kun, pseudonym, the owner of a clinic in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. Many patients come, and the symptoms last for a long time, most of them are not well for several months. Many people are absent-minded and have no spiritual energy, or we say that the soul is no longer his, he has forgotten it, and his eyes are not right. There are many suspected sequelae. According to the characteristics of infectious diseases, there may be an explosive growth in June and July. According to online news, the number of sudden passings has increased sharply recently, including many young girls and boys in their teens and twenties, as well as well-known academicians, professors and business elites. Liu Kun said that since the outbreak of the epidemic in recent years, China's population has dropped precipitously, and it is estimated that it is now less than 1 billion people, but the official data is concealed. Liu Kun, pseudonym. There must be many severe cases, but the news is not easy to get. Sudden passing is more common in people around 50 years old, and there are also cases in people in their thirties. It is often caused by myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction or cerebral hemorrhage, which is related to the current new crown. It will cause people's immunity to be low, and will attack your weaker parts, and rapidly deteriorate. There is a local custom that firecrackers are set off after passing, which is more frequent. Mr. Xu, a citizen of Bengxi, Liaoning, said that the CCP has been concealing the epidemic, and ordinary people have misjudged it as a common cold and neglected to take precautions. Mr. Xu, a citizen of Bengxi, Liaoning Province. Some of my friends and relatives have caught a cold. In fact, we have realized that it may be the epidemic, the mutation of the new coronavirus. Some of them have been dragging on and have not been getting better. This disease cannot be cured by medicine at all. The sudden passings are very young, all in their forties and fifties. On May 21, 2025, a truck at a construction site in Pudong, Shanghai, was sealed for epidemic control, with a no-getting-off notice on the door, raising legal concerns. Days later, on May 26, a quarantine notice surfaced for a primary school student in Guangzhou's Huangpu District, who had tested positive on May 18 and was quarantined at home until May 25, with a return-to-school certificate required. These incidents sparked public concern, with many saying, the lockdown is back. Meanwhile, Chinese social media is flooded with posts reporting elderly frontline doctors dying from a new COVID-19 strain, a rise in people suddenly collapsing in public, and increasing sudden deaths among ride-hailing and truck drivers. One netizen lamented, nowadays you don't wait until old age, anyone could pass away anytime, anywhere. The pandemic situation in mainland China is severe. COVID-19, also known as the CCP virus, is rampant, and hospitals are overwhelmed with crowds. Recently, numerous posts on mainland Chinese social media platforms show that more and more people are suddenly collapsing in public, while sudden death incidents among ride-hailing and truck drivers are becoming increasingly frequent. One mainland netizen lamented, nowadays it's not about waiting until you're old to die, one could pass away at any time, anywhere. Sudden deaths among ride-hailing and truck drivers are on the rise. Mainland Douyin blogger Kai Chengkai recently posted a video saying, three days, within just three days, five truck drivers have died. He noted that four of them collapsed right at the steering wheel and lost consciousness. All were sudden deaths, with an average age of under 40. On May 20, Kai Chengkai posted another video saying, another trucker has fallen. The footage shows a seemingly unconscious middle-aged man being carried off a truck by several people. According to Kai, by rough estimates, around 300 truck drivers have died suddenly in 2024. Douyin blogger, ride-hailing female driver Meng Meng, expressed her frustration on April 11. Ride-hailing fares keep dropping, and the number of drivers dying suddenly keeps rising. We're just trying to feed our families. What have we done wrong? These tragedies are breaking the hearts of countless ride-hailing drivers. Netizens react, not just the elderly, you can die anytime, anywhere. Regarding the frequent sudden deaths of ride-hailing and truck drivers, in comment sections under related topics, some netizens believe the drivers died from exhaustion. Others suspect it's due to side effects after the injection, while some attribute it to the virus itself. A netizen from Heilongjiang wrote, My friend runs a funeral home and crematorium. He said that in the past few years, there's been a noticeable increase in deaths, not just among the elderly, but young people too. He's a tough guy, yet he often can't hold back tears. A netizen from Sichuan said, It seems that many people who died this year were in their 30s or 40s. I find it strange too. These days I sometimes feel palpitations, shortness of breath and dizziness. A netizen from Shanxi shared, My cousin was only in her early 30s and passed away in her sleep, without any signs or prior illness. She had no underlying health conditions and was full of energy. She went to sleep and never woke up. Mainland netizens left comments expressing sorrow and shock. Several people I know born in the 70s have already passed away. A friend who's a doctor said at dinner today that more people in their 20s and 30s are dying now. After the COVID outbreak, sudden cardiac deaths have increased, especially among young people. It's COVID. Now, you don't wait until old age to die. You can die anytime, anywhere. Hospitals in many parts of mainland China are overcrowded. A large number of videos on the mainland Chinese platform Douyin show that hospitals in many regions have recently been packed with people. Dr. Blogger, pediatrician Orange, reminded in a video that recently there has indeed been a rise in patients with sore throats, fevers and coughs. After all, it's a virus, everyone must be cautious. Another doctor blogger, director Who Talks Health, also released a video warning that COVID-19 is active again and patient numbers are surging. Douyin blogger World Peace posted a video titled Hospitals Overcrowded on May 14th, in which he exclaimed, Why is it that hospitals all over the world don't make money, but only hospitals in China do? Because once hospitals are commercialized, their goal is no longer to cure patients, but to make as much money as possible from them. Many netizens responded with comments like, well said, and exactly right. According to data from the Chinese CDC, in the 18th week, from late April to early May, the COVID-19 positivity rate among flu-like cases in national sentinel hospitals rose to 16.2 percent, more than doubling from 7.5 percent in early April. Among hospitalized patients with severe acute respiratory infections, the COVID-19 positivity rate also increased from 3.3 percent to 6.3 percent by early May. Furthermore, for three consecutive weeks, COVID-19 has ranked first among outpatient flu-like illnesses. Mainland China Faces A New Wave Of New Variant Infections As Hospitals Continue To Be Overwhelmed The epidemic in mainland China is becoming more complicated, with many new variants of COVID-19 spreading in the country. Recently, some Chinese Communist Party officials have also admitted that the epidemic caused by the new coronavirus strain has broken out again in many places. Hospitals are overcrowded, and epidemic prevention drugs are in high demand in many areas in the south. People revealed that this virus is very powerful, and many young people have passed away suddenly. Many people suddenly collapsed and passed away while walking, and some never woke up after going to sleep, even though they were still very young. At the same time, the number of people who passed away from the new coronavirus in Hong Kong has increased tenfold compared with two months ago. Meanwhile, neighboring countries of China in Southeast Asia, such as Thailand and Singapore, have recorded a high number of people infected with the new variant, with dozens passing away every day. Chinese Blogger Recently, many people have found that there are more people coughing and with fever around them, and the new coronavirus has quietly risen again. On May 16, the topic of the new coronavirus infection is rising again in mainland China became a hot search on the internet. According to Li Dongzheng, Chief Physician of the Department of Infection Comprehensive Department of Beijing Yuan Hospital, affiliated with Capital Medical University, the number of outpatient visits and the positive rate of the new coronavirus have begun to increase since March. Many mainland people have posted videos saying that this wave of the virus is very powerful, and many people have symptoms such as fever, cold, sore throat, cough, etc., and the hospital is full again. Mainland Chinese I've been infected with the coronavirus again. Oh my god, my throat hurts, my nose is stuffy, I have a runny nose, and I cough. I feel like I can cough out my lungs with every cough. And today, my sense of taste and smell has decreased. I clearly feel that this coronavirus strain is very strong, so everyone should be careful. The Chaoyang District Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Beijing reported on May 12 that the current coronavirus activity in Chaoyang District is on the rise. Data released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention on the 8th showed that within five weeks from March 31 to May 4, the national outpatient coronavirus positive rate rose from 7.5% to 16.2%. Among hospitalized severe respiratory cases, the coronavirus positive rate rose from 3.3% to 6.3%. The coronavirus positive rate in southern China is higher than in the north. The real data is unknown. In addition, the authorities still have not announced the number of confirmed cases or people who passed away. Dr. Lin Xiaoxu, an American virology expert, this data from the CDC can be said to have not told the public the very important extent of the current COVID-19 outbreak, but only mentioned a so-called increase in infection rate and detection rate. This detection rate has not been explained here, for example, whether the detection rate of the new coronavirus has increased by 16% among the three viruses or whether the detection of 10 respiratory viruses has increased to 16%, etc. Too much information has been omitted, so this is a very serious information concealment and misleading. According to the Hong Kong Health Department's report on the 15th in early April, Hong Kong recorded another 30 people who passed away from the new coronavirus in the past four weeks, which is 10 times that of February. In addition, people in many places in the mainland told NTD that recently, the epidemic in China has been raging, many young people have passed away suddenly, crematoriums and cemeteries have been expanded, and some rural cemeteries are saturated, the authorities are continuing to conceal the truth. Mr. An, a citizen of Shenzhen, there are many sudden deaths now of all ages, but more young people. I have seen several young people in their 20s and 30s who were not sick or had no symptoms, but suddenly collapsed. Ms. Zhang from Yuxi, Yunnan. The price of buying a cemetery has increased by several thousand yuan, tens of thousands of yuan. The number of people who passed away in recent years has increased compared to before the epidemic. The official said it was influenza A and then some virus infection. Anyway, they changed the name to fool the people. It's all covered in today's China Truths.