Los investigadores del Instituto de Investigación Médica Militar de Enfermedades Infecciosas (USAMRIID) en Fort Detrick han reconstruido y modificado el virus de la peste H1N1, para hacerlo más mortal que nunca. Este virus causó una pandemia de la que perecieron 20 millones de personas en Europa y 500.000 personas en EEUU entre 1918 y 1919. Si se extendiera ahora podría ser incluso peor, porque ahora atravesamos el océano en unas horas, así que nuestra capacidad para difundir la enfermedad que puede atravesar grandes distancias en poco tiempo, incrementaría el número de víctimas.
Researchers at the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (or USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick in Frederick MD have reconstructed and modified the H1N1 Spanish Flu virus, making it far more deadly than it ever was back when it was responsible for the 1918-1919 flu pandemic that killed over 20 million worldwide and over 500,000 here in the US. Consider that it could have killed many more, but back then, people couldn't hop on a jet and travel from New York to L.A. in five hours. Now, our ability to travel will increase the spread and will be our downfall.
Researchers at the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (or USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick in Frederick MD have reconstructed and modified the H1N1 Spanish Flu virus, making it far more deadly than it ever was back when it was responsible for the 1918-1919 flu pandemic that killed over 20 million worldwide and over 500,000 here in the US. Consider that it could have killed many more, but back then, people couldn't hop on a jet and travel from New York to L.A. in five hours. Now, our ability to travel will increase the spread and will be our downfall.
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