Interesting statistics in the comparison between Spanish and Texan, but I've never heard of Texan before. How does Spanish rate next to something more threatening, say, H5N1?
They've not done those side-by-side yet, so it's hard to compare (methods, dosages, strain of mouse, etc. may be different). But human H5N1 viruses have been pretty nasty in mice--they also replicate to a high titer, and generally kill 100% within ~10 days. I'd guess they'd be pretty similar to the 1918 stats if done in parallel.
It's now 29 April 2009. The WHO has upgraded the pandemic alert to 5 out of 6. I wonder if I'll be one of the victims because I live in Long Beach, Ca.
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