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Yesterday we saw an article in Nature by Declan Butler that looked at the evidence (for and against) a high CFR (case fatality ratio) for the H5N1 virus (see Declan Butler On the CFR Of H5N1).
This, as you probably know, has been a major topic of debate in recent weeks as the controversy over H5N1 research in ferrets roils on. Some researchers maintain that the virus is not nearly as dangerous as others have portrayed.
Helen Branswell weighs in with her own highly informative piece, which appears in Scientific American today.
Follow the link to read:
Dread Reckoning: H5N1 Bird Flu May Be Less Deadly to Humans Than Previously Thought--or Not
Are fears of human-to-human transmitted bird flu overblown or does it make sense, based on current fatality rates, to anticipate a worst-case scenario for a future outbreak of H5N1 flu?
By Helen Branswell | February 14, 2012
