Pandemic
The World Health Organization seems to be softening people up for a move to Level 6, that is, calling H1N1 a pandemic.
Let's review:
Endemic means that a disease is native to a particular region. So what does pandemic mean?
Right. It's not a reference to the death count or severity of the outbreak. It's a reference to where H1N1 can be found. WHO is ( Read more... )
Let's review:
Endemic means that a disease is native to a particular region. So what does pandemic mean?
Right. It's not a reference to the death count or severity of the outbreak. It's a reference to where H1N1 can be found. WHO is ( Read more... )
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"Maybe a few hours in the polymerase chain reaction machine will jog your memory, professor!"
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"Y.G.: If that happens, I will retire immediately and lock myself in the P3 lab. H5N1 kills half the people it infects. Even if you inject yourself with a vaccine, it may be too late. Maybe in just a couple hours it takes your life."
[NOTE to those who haven't clicked the link: H5N1 is NOT the swine flue; it's the EVIL BIRD flu.]
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