New bird flu threat could be H9N2

New bird flu threat could be H9N2

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WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Countries around the world may be preparing for a possible H5N1 bird flu pandemic, but another strain called H9N2 also poses a threat to humanity, researchers reported on Tuesday.

Tests on the H9N2 strain of the virus show it is capable of infecting and spreading with very few changes, a team from the University of Maryland, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, and elsewhere reported.

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They have been saying for some time that we will have a pandemic and i hope like crazy it won't happen but look at the way we live

We drink
We eat crap food
Most people don't exercise

And i'm not one to talk

What a way to reduce the world population if it happens

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