(OPINION) We are being told that it is just a matter of time before there is a bird flu pandemic among humans. We are also being told that the death rate during such a pandemic could be “somewhere between 25 and 50 percent”, and that should deeply alarm all of us.
We have already seen the intense fear that a pandemic with a death rate of far less than 1 percent can cause. Can you imagine what a pandemic with a death rate of “somewhere between 25 and 50 percent” would look like?
Many of us don’t even want to think about going through another major pandemic. But one may be coming anyway.
Right now, many among the elite are deeply focused on the threat that the bird flu poses. An “International Bird Flu Summit” will be held in Washington D.C. from October 2nd to October 4th, and according to the official brochure for the event they will be discussing “a highly virulent strain of bird flu affecting both cattle and humans”…
Welcome to the International Bird Flu Summit, where we address the pressing concerns surrounding the recent developments in avian influenza.
With the emergence of a highly virulent strain of bird flu affecting both cattle and humans, it is imperative that we come together to discuss preparedness, response strategies, and the future implications of this evolving situation.
A bird flu pandemic would be far worse than anything that we have been through so far.
On the list of topics for this summit, the very first one is “mass fatality management planning”…
Mass Fatality Management Planning
Surveillance and Data Management
Preparing Communities Strategies
Local Partnership & Participation
Delivery of Vaccine and Antiviral Medication
Medical Countermeasures
Socio-Economic Impact on Poultry and livestock Industries
Benefit-Risk Assessment: Public Health, Industry and Regulatory Perspectives
Prevention Education Efforts and Risk Communication
Command, Control and Management
Emergency Response Management
Business-Based Planning
School-Based Planning
Community-Based Planning
Personally, I have never heard a talk on mass fatality management planning.
I don’t suppose that such a talk would be especially cheerful. Unfortunately, if H5N1 starts spreading widely among humans, there will be a lot of deaths.
Former CDC director Robert Redfield recently told NewsNation that he believes that a bird flu pandemic is coming and that the death rate will be “somewhere between 25 and 50 percent”…
A bird flu pandemic is inevitable – and it’s only a matter of time before it strikes, according to former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield.
Redfield’s comments come amid mounting concerns over the detection of the virus in dozens of cattle herds across the United States and the first reported human death in Mexico.
In a recent interview with NewsNation, Redfield expressed his belief that a bird flu pandemic is a high likely. “I really do think it’s very likely that we will, at some time,” he said.
“It’s not a question of if; it’s more of a question of when we will have a bird flu pandemic.” He emphasized the significant mortality rate associated with the virus, with an estimation of a mortality rate of “somewhere between 25 and 50 percent,” in contrast to the 0.6 percent death rate observed in the Covid-19 pandemic.
Over the past two years, we have already seen more than 100 million birds get wiped out. And now mammals all over the planet are getting infected in large numbers. (READ MORE)
