Bird Flu Spreads in China, Experts Ring Alarm Bells
Population and conditions in China and Southeast Asia mean that for the remaining time that humans have on earth they will be the petri dishes for every fast-spreading contagion (especially the influenzas) that will come along. "Bird Flu" is just waiting for a cross infection with a human already infected with one of the more common human varieties so that it can pick up the gene for human-human transmission, which is inevitable. When that happens, it could very well mean the next pandemic.
Posted on February 19, 2004 01:50 PM