And So it Continues: The Spread of H5N1 Influenza

Here’s a follow-up on the quickly spreading H5N1 strain of influenza, “Bird Flu.” Europe is showing new fear for the impending pandemic. A full-blown flu pandemic has the potential to kill a significant portion of the world’s population. Once human-to-human transmission occurs, and if it’s out of the watchful eye of nations that are monitoring the spread of H5N1, the disease will rapidly spread through developing nations and into the Western world.