Avian Flu Update
Nov. 19th, 2005 11:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
robbyHere's a link to one of the most rational and objective major media articles I've seen concerning a potential avian flu pandemic.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051119/ap_on_he_me/bird_flu_uncertainties
Much of the published hype about the H5N1 virus uses the 1918 model, a worst case scenerio, to sensationalize the outcome. There are modern social and technological factors that suggest that such an extreme result is not likely.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051119/ap_on_he_me/bird_flu_uncertainties
Much of the published hype about the H5N1 virus uses the 1918 model, a worst case scenerio, to sensationalize the outcome. There are modern social and technological factors that suggest that such an extreme result is not likely.
