@ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoNew bird flu variant found in Nevada dairy cows has experts sounding alarms: ‘We have never been closer to a pandemic from this virus’fortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1306arrow-down13cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1303arrow-down1external-linkNew bird flu variant found in Nevada dairy cows has experts sounding alarms: ‘We have never been closer to a pandemic from this virus’fortune.com@ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square67fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-square@Ultraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoThe lethality is 52%. If it rips through the population, we’re looking at total collapse well before the vaccine is available.
minus-square@KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoHighly dependent on the degree to which it’s contagious. But you’re right, especially considering we’re looking at one of the worst flu seasons in more than a decade currently. If all flu cases were 50% lethal that’d be 10-15 million deaths.
The lethality is 52%. If it rips through the population, we’re looking at total collapse well before the vaccine is available.
Highly dependent on the degree to which it’s contagious. But you’re right, especially considering we’re looking at one of the worst flu seasons in more than a decade currently. If all flu cases were 50% lethal that’d be 10-15 million deaths.