In my opinion to confusing with Gov. assignment.
Better not to mislead the sources. IMO
report from THREAD2
Al Qaeda again threatens New York, Washington and Los Angeles (thread 2)
Posted by Nemo1USA to Nemo1USA; All
On News/Activism 02/05/2004 5:21:50 PM PST #6,720 of 6,847
(fair use snip)
Disastrous 1918 Flu Linked to Birds, Study Says
Stefan Lovgren
for National Geographic News
February 5, 2004
Solving an 86-year-old medical mystery, British scientists have determined the structure of the so-called "Spanish flu" virus that jumped from birds to humans in 1918, killing more than 20 million people worldwide.
In two separate studies, researchers from the Medical Research Council in London showed that the virus likely derived from an avian virus and retained some key characteristics of its avian precursor that caught the human immune system off-guard.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/02/0205_040205_spanishflu.html other just released story links
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=4295201§ion=news http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8599258%5E1702,00.html http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/nation/7883525.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3455873.stm http://my.webmd.com/content/article/81/97021.htm?lastselectedguid=%7B5FE84E90-BC77-4056-A91C-9531713CA348%7D