Avian flu has been a growing problem for many years. The fear has always been that the virus might mutate and would be able to be transferred from birds to humans.
Now we have an example of the virus moving from birds to other mammals, in this case seals.
Are you concerned about this? Or would you prefer not to think about it at all? If there's nothing that we can really do to prevent the problem, would you prefer to know or not know about it?
Did you know the virus that caused the 1918 "Spanish Flu" which eventually killed almost 50,000,000 people worldwide was another form of avian, or "bird" flu?
Bird Flu Jumps into Seals. Could Humans Be Next?
http://healthland.time.com/2012/07/31/a-bird-flu-spreads-in-seals-could-humans-be-next/
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