Bird flu and evolution.
“The more it spreads within mammals, that gives it more chances to mutate. As it mutates, as it changes, there is a greater chance it can infect humans. If it gains the ability to spread efficiently from person to person, then it would be hard to stop,” says Nita Madhav, a former U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researcher”
#H5N1 #Science #Scicomm
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/h5n1-bird-flu-isnt-a-human-pandemic-yet/
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