Posted on 06/11/2014 6:27:03 PM PDT by CorporateStepsister
Here is a chart of the *major* natural mutations of H5N1 since it was discovered.
These mutations are happening in nature, and they will continue to happen. Eventually it is almost certain that they will come up with a form that is easily transmissible between humans.
Only if researchers can figure out what the pandemic murderous mutations are going to be before they happen naturally, do we have a chance to mitigate a plague like no other in human history.
Spanish flu virus created in Wisconsin lab...
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