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michaeledward
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Blindside said:If you aren't threatened by the potential of a H5N1-like virus, you aren't paying attention. Right now human mortality for those infected by H5N1 is running about 50%, fortunately the Turkey examples are running less than that right now. I don't think I'm being alarmist to worry about what happens if it becomes easily transmittable in humans, or for that matter to actually start planning for the security of my family if it does.
Lamont
As the Time Magazine article points out, the report of 50% fatality of H5N1 may be grossly off the mark. That number is based only on the known infections by the WHO. The WHO did not test a broad sample of the population. It tested only those who were sick. The report indicates the there are some asymptomatically infected people.
At this point, it appears to be something about which we know our information in incomplete. Continuing to quote a 50% fatality rate is, I think, alarmist.