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Avian Flu World's No. 1 Threat, CDC Head Says
by Mike the Usurper at 4:17 pm EST, Feb 21, 2005

] The H5N1 avian flu, which first appeared in Hong Kong in
] 1997 and has since popped up twice, is evolving and can
] jump directly from birds to people, killing an estimated
] 72 percent of diagnosed victims, Gerberding said.

Folks, those are close to ebola numbers with a MUCH easier transmission vector. This is scaring the crap out of CDC.