Flouting the flu

Like we don't have enough to worry about, apparently the annual distribution of virus strains to disease labs this year included a sample of a flu that is one of the "top five candidates to start a pandemic." Story in Globe & Mail, here: Labs race to destroy flu virus. The pertinent virus information:

The strain, H2N2, is considered a top candidate to start a flu pandemic because it has not circulated in humans since 1968 and anyone born after that time would have no immunity to it.

Posted by Grayson at April 14, 2005 07:42 AM