Scary

Newsweek says that there is a new unknown sickness that just showed up in China a few weeks ago. Over 1,600 people have been infected and over 600 people died. That is approximately a 40% mortality rate. The CDC head says that it can cause a pandemic. Lets hope and pray that that is not the case. There has been scary news lately.


Sources:

http://www.newsweek.com/disease-x-bird-flu-deaths-pandemic-what-h7n9-979723

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/974699/Disease-X-World-Health-Organisation-Chinese-bird-flu-H7N9-pandemic-new-strain 

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/asia-pacific/deadly-poultry-flu-could-be-disease-x-to-spark-pandemic-37016472.html


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