Of Birds and Men. Nancy Shute.
by Shute, Nancy; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 10Health. Publisher: U.S. News & World Report, 2005ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Antiviral agents | Avian influenza | Epidemics -- Forecasting | Health planning | Influenza | Influenza -- Vaccination | Influenza vaccines | Preparedness | Public healthDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Across the country, federal, state, and local officials like [Jean] Taylor are trying to figure out how the United States would cope with a killer flu, one that would be very different from the usual influenza that strikes each winter. A global epidemic, or pandemic, would be caused by a new, lethal flu virus, one to which people would have no immunity. The new flu would spread around the world within weeks and could infect one third of all people, killing 1 to 5 percent of them." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article discusses the concern over the possible outbreak of a lethal flu strain that could kill millions.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Of Birds and Men, April 4, 2005; pp. 40-48.
"Across the country, federal, state, and local officials like [Jean] Taylor are trying to figure out how the United States would cope with a killer flu, one that would be very different from the usual influenza that strikes each winter. A global epidemic, or pandemic, would be caused by a new, lethal flu virus, one to which people would have no immunity. The new flu would spread around the world within weeks and could infect one third of all people, killing 1 to 5 percent of them." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article discusses the concern over the possible outbreak of a lethal flu strain that could kill millions.
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