Concerns have peaked over the potential threat posed by H5N1 bird flu. Experts have said that it can lead to a pandemic which can be 100 times worse than COVID, as per UK-based tabloid, DailyMail.
“We are getting dangerously close to this virus potentially causing a pandemic,” Dr Suresh Kuchipudi, a prominent bird flu researcher in Pittsburgh, warned during a recent briefing that H5N1 flu can cause a pandemic due to its ability to infect a wide range of mammals, including humans. “We are not really talking about a virus that is yet to make a jump, we are talking about a virus that is globally present, already infecting a range of mammals and is circulating… It is really high time that we are prepared,” Dr Kuchipudi said during the briefing, as cited by media reports.
