I don't know what you are thinking about this, the media are focusing on the Iraq conflict, but this could get serious:
Could this be the next "spanish flu"?
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"You're always worried when you can't find a diagnosis," Heymann said. "Is it a new agent that's showing for the first time in humans? Is it an agent we know but can't identify?"
Stephen Morse, an infectious-disease expert at Columbia University, said that the biggest concern is that the outbreaks are the beginning of a global flu epidemic.
"In the back of everyone's mind, of course, is the 1918-1919 Spanish flu. That's the fear," said Morse, referring to the most deadly global flu pandemic in history. Flu viruses historically have originated in Asia and spread, he said.
Could this be the next "spanish flu"?
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Mar13.html
"You're always worried when you can't find a diagnosis," Heymann said. "Is it a new agent that's showing for the first time in humans? Is it an agent we know but can't identify?"
Stephen Morse, an infectious-disease expert at Columbia University, said that the biggest concern is that the outbreaks are the beginning of a global flu epidemic.
"In the back of everyone's mind, of course, is the 1918-1919 Spanish flu. That's the fear," said Morse, referring to the most deadly global flu pandemic in history. Flu viruses historically have originated in Asia and spread, he said.
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