Shiva: The Ultimate Viral Catastrophe

[Article] Last week, the potential of airlines to act as a vector for the spread of disease was highlighted, as headlines broke that a transatlantic passenger was infected with a highly contagious, drug-resistant form of tuberculosis. Although the man in question publicly vowed he never intended to harm anyone, the terrifying risks to biosecurity presented by modern air travel are becoming apparent.


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Imagine a superbug, cooked up in a lab or from the depths of some rainforest somewhere. Imagine that it is airborne, virulent, has a dormant period of two days. Imagine that it is 95% deadly. Now imagine that it’s in Los Angeles International Airport.Unfortunately, this is not such a wild supposition....
This article was published Tuesday, 5 June, 2007 by AFP
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Shiva: The Ultimate Viral Catastrophe


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