Could the Avian & Pandemic Influenza hit the U.S?

North American Plan For Avian & Pandemic Influenza
http://www.spp.gov/pdf/nap_flu07.pdf

Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP)
http://www.spp.gov/

23 AUGUST 2007 | GENEVA:
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/rele...

U.S. under U.N. law in health emergency:
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTI...

Bonus video :)
http://www.livevideo.com/video/sm0ky/5A3...

Peace

H5N1 virus
In response to a question about the 1918-1919 flu pandemic that killed approximately 40 million people worldwide, Nabarro commented, "I am certain there will be another pandemic sometime."

Yes, another pandemic is eminent. It may or may not be the result of a mutation in the H5N1 virus that everyone is closely tracking. H5N1 has already been shown to be transmitted from human-to-human in some families. It has not yet mutated sufficiently to be easily transmitted from human-to-human.

Since the virus will be a new virus in humans, we do not yet have antibodies to the virus, nor is it possible to make vaccines against it. (They are some pharmas working on vaccines, but nothing is very effective yet). We will have to rely on nonpharmaceutical interventions to avoid contracting the influenza. This mean social distancing (staying away from other people), closing schools and other public facilities, and strict attention to hygiene.

Good luck!

It is a matter of time

The question should be Could the Avian Flu mutate and be able to spread between human ?
if this occur a rough estimation 1/3 of the earth population will die if no effective vaccine developed for the H5N

It's a possibility, but I wouldn't be too worried about them--the Big Changes are upon us and could happen any day now.

it could happen but i don't think it's extremly likely. they've already developed a test vaccine for it anyways. i think it's as likely as a break out of the bubonic plague or a zombie plague and i'm not being sarcastic. i think it was more of a threat at first because it wasn't widely uderstood yet or controlled. i personally am not going to worry about it. i'm a little more afraid of bombs right now.