In the last year or so, virologists have been watching a deadly pandemic spread around the world, killing tens of millions. Her father tested positive for H5N1, but reassuringly, no one else did, and no human-to-human spread occurred, experts say. Some scientists question the theory that all the sea lions ate infected birds. That’s what happened in the worst pandemic in modern history, the 1918 influenza pandemic which killed as many as 50 million people; it was caused by avian flu, H1N1. Experts have long been preparing for a flu pandemic (rather than a coronavirus pandemic) – it’s a question of when, as WHO says.

Source: The Star May 15, 2023 07:33 UTC