With all the hype of last year, with 2 million expected to die in America alone. Do you expected to run around like a headless chicken this year, or because it didn't happen last year it is more likely to occur this year?
2006-09-25 23:09:02 · 4 answers · asked by Ashley K 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
The experts all say its not a case of if bird flu happens but when.
1 in 4 will die and the cost to the world could exceed $10 trillion. more will die than in all the wars that have ever taken place.
It could be this winter, it could be next. If the bird flu mutates to become able to transfer human to human then there will be no anti viral drug for at least 6 months.
You can plan on no food, fuel or power. Businesses and schools will be closed.
Employees, teachers and the popualtion will stay home rather than risk getting sick and dying.
2006-09-25 23:22:03 · answer #1 · answered by Nimbus 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
if it does hit any measures will be reactive and not preventitive(i.e. once people start dying from it then there is a problem) It seems most of the problem has been in asia because of less sanitary precautions in those countries(not wearing gloves/masks while clening the birds ect..) It has not currently been shown to "jump" from human to human yet as it must mutate to do so even if it does mutate it might get stronger or even weaker and have no effect at all or making even tammiflu innefective. So the media is not necessarily over reacting just because it hasn't hit doesn't mean it's not a threat
2006-09-25 23:17:28 · answer #2 · answered by keoni_21 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No news sells like bad news...!!!
2006-09-25 23:19:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, they are far too busy telling us about killer crisps (chips) right now,,,,,
2006-09-25 23:17:47 · answer #4 · answered by creviazuk 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋