Saturday, May 2, 2009

WHO “it’s really all mankind that’s at stake” – Biden causes airline exec panic

The Head of the WHO stated that “it’s really all of mankind that’s at stake” because when a new virus comes around, especially one jumping from different species and mutating, it is unpredictable and its effects are unpredictable.

VP Joe Biden who stated "I wouldn't go anywhere in confined places now," as in limiting air or subway travel advise for his own family, caused a bit of a panic for airline exec who demanded an apology. With the effects of the virus still unknown, the reasoning is that when in crowed areas, when one person sneezes, it can infect 10 to 20 or more people instead of just one or two.

The good news is that the WHO and US government have moved aggressively towards this virus and another good news is that some people have already recovered from it. The virus also responds to anti-virals.

The bad news is that the virus has already caused deaths, like other flu’s, and deaths have now accord in the US also. The chances are, like 1000’s of people that die of the flu each year, that more people will die of this flu.

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