Why are people so worried about bird flu?
In a few cases, experts think that bird flu was passed from one person to another person, not from a bird to a person. Because viruses can change quickly (mutate), experts worry that bird flu will one day be passed easily from person to person. This is a scary possibility, because the H5N1 bird flu virus can make people sicker than other kinds of flu viruses. Even though only a few hundred people are known to have been sick with bird flu, more than half of them have died. Experts also worry because the H5N1 bird flu virus is so different from other flu viruses that our bodies do not have any immunity. Not having immunity means that our bodies have a hard time fighting the virus. It also means that anyone, including those who are otherwise very healthy, can get seriously ill if he or she gets this kind of bird flu. What are the symptoms? At first, the symptoms of bird flu can be the same as common flu symptoms, such as: • A fever. • A cough. • A sore throat. • Muscle aches. Bird flu may
Related Questions
- Im worried about scalability. What happens if Wikibooks is invaded by hordes of new people who don understand whats going on here, and mess it up?
- I’ve been experiencing some unusual phenomena - but I’m worried that other people might think its weird; how do I handle that?
- Ive heard of augmentation in people suffering from RLS. What is augmentation and should I be worried?
