posted by dennisn on November 4th, 2009 at 12:43PM
Keyword *potential*. It's all speculation. I don't doubt that hybrid evolved strains might be more dangerous, but putting things into perspective, as the original quote tried to do (there are lots of deadlier flu strains NOW out there), the media is blowing it waay out of proportion. If I cared to investigate, I'm fairly sure I'd find massive bribes from the State-Health-Complex to the corrupt (and obsoleting) media outlets.
Also, comparing it to the 1918 disaster is lame. They had little to no knowldge of viruses back then, and had a knack for congregating like sheep and parading like morons. (The main vehicles for transmission were the ww1 "victory" parades.)
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