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MFM008

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9. These pandemics seem to come in a perfect storm

Reply to mrs_p (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 11:01 PM

Mar 2017

dont they? Like 1918 and WW1.
I think an inability to fully fund research for example, look at whats happening with antibiotics.
The exposure of animals to antibiotics , A virus that jumps species...
( did you have a flu shot?) Not specifically, just happenstance.

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Because MFM008 Mar 2017 #1

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My PhD is in influenza mrs_p Mar 2017 #7

These pandemics seem to come in a perfect storm MFM008 Mar 2017 #9

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