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After 2 cases in the same family in Cambodia a director of the WHO says “The global H5N1 situation is worrying given the wide spread of the virus in birds aroun
by biorach 4y ago
After 2 cases in the same family in Cambodia a director of the WHO says “The global H5N1 situation is worrying given the wide spread of the virus in birds around the world and the increasing reports of cases in mammals including humans,”
The Guardian's headline is "WHO says avian flu cases in humans ‘worrying’ after girl’s death in Cambodia"
This sounds a) reasonable grounds for worry by someone who studies epidemics and b) an accurate headline by the Guardian.
- timr 4y ago> a) reasonable grounds for worry by someone who studies epidemics What does this have to do with the accuracy of the headline? You're just appealing to authority -- but the same authority figure says, in the same article, that the 2 cases in Cambodia may not even be an example of human-to-human transmission: > “So far, it is too early to know if it’s human-to-human transmission or exposure to the same environmental conditions,” Briand told a virtual press conference hosted in Geneva. The line you're quoting also explicitly says that the "worry" is general spread, not this particular example.
- biorach 4y agoThey are worried that it may have been human to human transmission. Yes, they say they don't know for sure, but even the possibility is worrying to them. Hence, "worrying" in the title