Sars, aids, whats next? and how devestating will it be?

SARS was a pandemic and we effectively contained it relatively quickly compared to previous pandemics, like the influenza after WWI that wiped out 40 million before it was stopped.
 
A pandemic is an epidemic that is found in more than one country or over a wide geographic area. "Pan" means "many, or spread out." We have a new posting on The Avian Flu called "Avian Flu Pandemic."
 
pandemic:

Epidemic over a wide geographic area and affecting a large proportion of the population: pandemic influenza.


You missed out on the 'affecting a large proportion of the population'.
 
Well, it all depends on what definition you want to use. People have scorned me for using Webster's definitions on a scientific forum but in any case, the Avian Bird Flu is now starting to be considered as a pandemic by both scientists and medical researchers alike, yet only about 115 people have been infected and 60 died.
 
Dr Lou Natic said:
It is a fact that if you stuff lots of chickens into a small space diseases will arise and spread alot faster than if they are free ranged with lots of space.
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Actually, that's wrong. In Europe the bird flu is a problem since the free-range chickens come into contact with diseased birds from asia. Factory style farms, less common in Europe, isolate poultry populations from wild birds.
 
spidergoat said:
Actually, that's wrong. In Europe the bird flu is a problem since the free-range chickens come into contact with diseased birds from asia. Factory style farms, less common in Europe, isolate poultry populations from wild birds.
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Actually that's wrong too. The recent outbreak in bird flu in Turkey and Romania is taking place in a delta region that is a crossover migratory stop for birds migrating from Russia to Africa. Possibly these birds were somehow infected from a different migratory route with Southeast Asian birds. In any case, you can see how far and wide this is going to spread.
 
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