by Mac Slavo, SHTF Plan:
Scientists are beginning to claim that the risk of the bird flu outbreak currently circulating in dairy cattle transferring to humans is rising. The virus is allegedly adapting to new hosts, which contributes to the rising risk that the H5N1 avian influenza virus could spark a human pandemic.
Although many of the infections in human beings have been mild, emerging data indicate that variants of the avian influenza virus H5N1 that are spreading in North America can cause severe disease and death, especially when passed directly to humans from birds. This means that the chances that this becomes a human pandemic continue to rise.
