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▲ Some experts worry that once bird flu spreads in the human world, there will be a terrifying pandemic. (Schematic diagram/data photo)
Although countries have successively “downgraded” the new crown pneumonia, some experts warn that the H5N1 bird flu, which can be transmitted from person to person with only a few mutations, may be the next terrorist threat to all mankind. This has spread to foxes, sea lions, raccoons and other non-humans Human mammal diseases, once spread in the human world, will become “more deadly than COVID-19.”
According to the “Daily Mail” report, Jennifer Nuzzo, professor of epidemiology and director of the Epidemiology Center at the Brown University School of Public Health, pointed out that since the spread of AIDS in the human world, there have been more and more zoonotic and deadly infections. Ebola, West Nile virus, H1N1 swine flu, as well as deadly diseases such as new coronary pneumonia and monkeypox, which are well known to the world, will not spread among humans at the earliest.
Nuzzo said that in the past half century, “more than two-thirds of new human diseases have been caused by zoonotic pathogens”, and the raging new coronary pneumonia shows that human beings may not be ready to face the next pandemic. H5N1, which has killed 58 million and 48 million birds in the United States and Europe, can be transmitted from person to person and pose a serious threat as long as there are a few genetic changes. Recently, an 11-year-old Cambodian girl died of H1N1 after being infected with H1N1 from animals.
Nuzzo pointed out that although the development of humans has led to more contact between humans and animals and the emergence of new zoonotic diseases, the establishment of a better protection mechanism is the primary consideration at present. It is necessary to improve the monitoring capabilities of wild animals and contacts, and advance Develop and produce prototype vaccines for various animal flus, and strengthen the protection of schools and businesses, otherwise it will be too late when infectious diseases start to spread.
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