Loading ...Get Ready For A New And Worse Bird Flu
There’s a new bird flu in town, namely in China, which is where these things often start . . . and it isn’t looking too good.
This new strain, called “Disease X”, kills 38% of those who become infected, and it is feared the new variety could spark a global epidemic “as lethal as the 1918 Spanish flu, which killed up to 100 million people.”
The virus is circulating in poultry in China just now, and is identified as H7N9. Currently, it can transmit from birds to humans.
However, H7N9 cannot be spread from person to person, but if it achieves that ability, it “could be the cause of the next epidemic.”
To prevent bird flu, authorities instruct us to avoid live animal markets and poultry farms; avoid contact with surfaces contaminated with bird droppings, do not pick up or touch sick or dead birds; don’t eat undercooked or raw poultry, egg or duck dishes; and practice good personal hygiene, such as washing your hands regularly.
Experts believe the H7N9 virus “is only three mutations away from being able to spread from human contact.”
Symptoms of infection include “a high fever, cough and shortness of breath, which can then develop into pneumonia.”
Once the disease has taken hold, infected people soon develop acute respiratory distress syndrome, septic shock and organ failure.”
Let’s hope this one doesn’t make those required “three mutations”, folks. If they occur, we will be in for a really, really rough winter flu season in the United States.
(The Scottish Sun, Friday, June 15, 2018.)