Originally published March 4 2005
CDC scientist warns that bird flu outbreak could dwarf the 1918 flu outbreak
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
A Center for Disease Control officials warns that an Asian flu outbreak could surpass even the 1918 influenza epidemic which killed 20 to 40 million people. She said that even with those numbers, the epidemic killed only 1 percent of those it infected, whereas the Asian flu is currently estimated at a mortality rate of 76%. More than 40 people have died from the virus so far.
- A GLOBAL epidemic of bird flu could dwarf history's worst infection disaster, which killed between 20 and 40 million people, an expert has warned.
- The H5N1 influenza strain that has already killed 42 has a fatality rate of 76 per cent, cases so far suggest.
- The virus which caused the 1918 pandemic killed only 1 per cent of those it infected, said Dr Nancy Cox, of the US Centres for Disease Control.
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