H5N1, thoughts ?

[Benga]

Letters and numbers, but not an RC...
this "some for all thread" isn't an attempt to be alarmist or to go all necromantic on you...

Yet I was just wondering what are some of the fine minds we have around here have to say as to how the crisis will be dealt with, if the virus does mutate to allow interhuman transmission ( process which has probably began, as indicated by the recent mutations found in the analysis of turkish contaminations) and leads to pandemia.

Was reading some material on the 1918 crisis, pretty frightening issues.
Now of course medecine and general technicity has evolved a lot, but efficiency of the currently available antivirals is still being questioned, so we humans might have some pretty rough times ahead in the coming months.

any thoughts ?

b