Stopping the coming Pandemic ....
USATODAY.com - Quick action may head off global epidemic
A dangerous thing is on the horizon. If bird flu becomes pandemic, some scientists estimate that (on the low end) 7.5 million people will die worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates between 2 to 50 million would die.
Humans have absolutely NO resistance to this H5N1 strain of influenza.
These viruses are constantly mutating. They are like little hackers; they just keep trying different combinations to see what will work. Sometimes a new combination allows them to jump species. In this case, from birds to humans. The next combination might allow easy spread, from human to human.
Pandemics occur roughly every 30 years. Its been about that long since the last one, and we are due for another.
A dangerous thing is on the horizon. If bird flu becomes pandemic, some scientists estimate that (on the low end) 7.5 million people will die worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates between 2 to 50 million would die.
Humans have absolutely NO resistance to this H5N1 strain of influenza.
These viruses are constantly mutating. They are like little hackers; they just keep trying different combinations to see what will work. Sometimes a new combination allows them to jump species. In this case, from birds to humans. The next combination might allow easy spread, from human to human.
Pandemics occur roughly every 30 years. Its been about that long since the last one, and we are due for another.
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