Bird Flu Could Become Epidemic

On Monday a federal health official commented on what he believed could be a bird-flu epidemic. Dr. Julie L. Gerberding said, "scientists expect that a flu virus that has swept through chickens and other poultry in Asia will genetically change into a flu that can be transmitted from person to person. " Health experts even believe that this bird flu could be fatal for humans. The scary thing about the flu is, that the mortality rate is about 72%, which means that the death rate, and chance of an epidemic is very high. An epidemic is, an outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely. Right now, Americans shouldn't exactly panic, because the flu has been isolated Asia. What do you think? I know I'm pretty confident that the h5 flu will stay a ways away from the United States. I don't really think that there is much to worry about here, but a word to the wise, probably shouldn't eat the eggs in Asia.