Another Warning

This is another example of why we need international cooperation and collaboration in global biosurveillance: “John Kiel to 5 recipients Tues April 30, 2013 at 559 AM”….“…. a H7N9 epidemic, if not pandemic, potentially looming, the need for a CRL (Central Research Laboratory) that can handle agents of both veterinary and medical importance, in concert, is paramount for a functional and effective biosurveillance program in Azerbaijan.”…”April 17, 2017, ProMed posted an email titled “AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (44): CHINA, H7N9, UPDATES, PANDEMIC POTENTIAL” at 904 PM, because of increased disease and accompanying deaths among people in urban areas in China, the capital Beijing. Guan Yi, one of the world’s leading virologists, who worked at the forefront of investigating H5N1, H1N1 and SARS at his lab at Hong Kong University, fears a future mutation could lead to a devastating pandemic. He has stated, “Based on my 20 years of studying H7N9–the virus itself as well as how the government handles it–I’m pessimistic,” says Guan, shaking his head. “I think this virus poses the greatest threat to humanity than any other in the past 100 years.” This post script serves as an introduction to the next book in the Trilogy, Pathogenic Ecology.”— The Black Dragon Trilogy, 2018.