World prepares for flu pandemic that could kill millions of people

World prepares for flu pandemic that could kill millions of people


*** "If you were going to have a pandemic this is how it would start. It emerges suddenly and infects a lot of people. It doesn't look good but it's an emerging situation." (John McCauley, National Institute For Medical Research) ***

How swine flu could be a bigger threat to humanity than nuclear warfare

When a new animal virus emerges in some crowded corner of the Third World and the experts start talking gravely about pandemics, the inevitable question is: How much should we worry?

Well, it probably isn't time, quite yet, to be heading for the hills but the emergence of a new and deadly strain of swine flu in Mexico is a matter of serious concern.

If we are lucky, we will see something like a rerun of the SARS or bird flu scares seen earlier this decade - scary but containable outbreaks of disease which have (so far) killed a few dozen to a few hundred people.

But if we are really unlucky, and experts stress that so far this is looking unlikely, we could be witnessing the beginning of a global catastrophe that could kill tens or even hundreds of millions.





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I don't think there is really need to be panic about the swine flu, sure it has spread across the globe killing few hundred people's but i think todays world is better prepared and are alert to tackle this issue. But still we got be cautious not panic.