this. this h7n9 virus is called the bird virus but having trouble finding it in a lot of birds. that s worrisome. worrisome. when i talk to people at the cdc they see changes in this virus that put it on the path of going person-to-person. that s what you worry about for a strain that has pandemic potential. i m glad the cdc is working on vaccines and diagnostic kits because you never know at this point which virus will make the turn and become dangerous and which one is going to go away. the things can be lethal. they can kill people easily, transmissable is the other thing where they spread from person-to-person. in fact, combination of things that worries you the most? and not having any immunity in the population. so if it s a new strain people haven t seen before, then you run that risk if you introduce it it s going to spread like wildfire. that s what you worry about. if it makes the change so it s transmissable, that s the big
that s according to to state-run media. reports say a total of nine people have now been infected with the h7n9 virus. authorities are trying to find the source, but so far they say it doesn t appear to have come from pigs. that was the theory that was believed before. one professor says it is likely that the virus spread from wild birds to poultry, actually. very worrying. well, before last month many people had no clue who mr. or cardinal pictures of him praying at the tomb of pope john paul ii. bring in reverend edward beck in new york host of the show sunday mass. tell us, reverend, why it is that we have seen and he has