| The risks of mutating into a pandemic disease are | | | | Registered migratory poultry deaths are also a |
| estimated to cause 7.5m deaths. Some specialists | | | | concern because specialists say that this could mean |
| believe that this is an optimistic opinion. | | | | another indication that the virus is mutating and it is |
| The real warning comes when we realize that there | | | | becoming more virulent. The main problem in that |
| is no way to produce sufficient vaccines in case of a | | | | area is the fact that countries like China or Vietnam |
| pandemic. Another major impact could be over global | | | | are not providing enough data for animal and human |
| economy because the virus may lead to many | | | | health officials, leaving the scientists uninformed. |
| deaths among birds and also among humans. | | | | As we wrote earlier the most optimistic predictions |
| There is a desperate need for research in order to | | | | say that 7.5m deaths will be registered in the next |
| develop a proper and safe vaccine that can prevent | | | | bird flu pandemic. Specialists agreed that it is only a |
| the infection. As we know, since the first case of | | | | mater of time until a flu pandemic starts. It is |
| human bird flu was registered in 1997 at Hong Kong, | | | | estimated a number of 30 million hospitalized persons. |
| there have been more than 90 infections among | | | | Statistics say that a pandemic occurs every 30 years |
| humans in south-east Asia. 54 of these persons have | | | | or so. It is known that the most virulent was |
| died. After the administration of the vaccine | | | | registered in 1918. This Spanish flu killed about 40 |
| outbreaks seem to occur not as often as before in | | | | million persons all over the globe. Less virulent but |
| countries such as Thailand and in other south-east | | | | with a number of victims of about 1 million each were |
| Asian countries. While this phenomenon was | | | | the Asian flu pandemic in 1957 and the Hong Kong flu |
| registered, in Vietnam many human cases have been | | | | in 1968. |
| developed. As specialists agreed such clustering could | | | | Even if the risk of developing a new world pandemic |
| mean the virus is becoming more and more efficient. | | | | exist it is good to remember that no one can |
| This could mean a precondition for pandemic. | | | | produce the necessary quantity of vaccine. |