from Daily Sabah
Surging cases of bird flu among mammals, including U.S. cattle, offer a stark warning that the world is not ready to fend off future pandemics, a report said, urging leaders to act quickly.
More than four years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, politicians are "gambling through neglect" by not putting enough money or effort into avoiding a repeat of the disaster, the report said.
The bird flu H5N1 has been increasingly spreading to mammals, including cattle in farms across the U.S. and a few humans, prompting fears the virus could spark a future pandemic.
"If H5N1 began to spread from person to person, the world would likely again be overwhelmed," the report's co-author and former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark told a news conference.
It could even be "more disastrous, potentially, than COVID-19," Clark said...
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Meh!
ReplyDeleteFrenchies have a more pressing problem.
Surely this is some direct and dire warning, some portent from the gawds above.
Can't wait for the live 26 mile marathon event thru the streets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb_OxWWsmgY
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