The cost of bird flu hysteria - The Boston Globe

The cost of bird flu hysteria - The Boston Globe

Sorry if this article is subscription only. If you are really interested, I'll copy the text directly. Anyway, the author is a Dr. (probably just a PhD) at NYU Med school. He completely missed the point of why avian virus may wipe out millions of people - if it mutates in swine to a human aggregate that is contagious between people. His article here tries to dispel the communities qualms over the flu but reveals he has very little background in microbiology. His thoughts on mad cow are well formed however.