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Message: [QUOTE="Michael H. Standart, post: 52604, member: 79064"] >>Would it be treatable if we had an outbreak today?<< That's an outstandingly good question. This strain was particularly virulant and there are concerns over modern strains which could be even more so such as the so-called Bird Flu which causes health authorities everywhere a lot of sleepless nights. These days, modern transport systems such as aircraft make it a lot easier to spread. A [i]single[/i] infected person boarding a 747 could infect the entire damned plane and deposit the up to 500 infected people in a crowded airport on the other side of the world within 12 to 18 hours. The simple expediant of vaccination could stop it cold in it's tracks but the problem here is that influenza tends to mutate and vaccines are only good for one particular strain. What makes it difficult to manage is not so much the infection itself, but all the stuff it leaves you open to such as pnuemonia. [/QUOTE]

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