March 07, 2005

Beware

Vietnam Nurse Infected with Bird Flu - Doctor

Experts fear that if the versatile and resilient virus mutated into a form that could easily jump between humans, it would kill millions in a global pandemic.

Well, it will. Influenza virii always mutate towards human pathogenicity, so it's coming. The only questions are, will it retain its lethality and what are we doing about it?

Posted on March 7, 2005 12:31 PM