Alarm bells are ringing on avian flu with potential mammal-to-mammal transition (mink in Spain, seals in Peru) and a significant block of the public energized to downplay the threat of a new pandemic, resist control measures, and oppose vaccines. This article puts the risk in context: maybe it won't happen now, but we're not nearly as prepared as we could be for a new spillover event.
Tracking the bird flu, experts see a familiar threat — and a virus whose course is hard to predict
While scientists who have been studying H5N1 bird flu for a couple of decades have a very healthy respect for it, a number are hedging their bets about what the virus's future path will look like.
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