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Newsy2011.3.15---H2N2病毒：下一个威胁？
H2N2: The Next Threat?
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Just as the world breathes a sigh of relief after the H1N1 flu pandemic, researchers say a single mutation could make this flu even more dangerous--and eerily familiar.
Reporter: “An older, mid-20th century virus could come roaring back for the northern hemisphere winter. The so-called Asian influenza, a H2N2 strain, first appeared in 1957 and killed one to four million people despite a major vaccination campaign.”
Geneva Scientists recently confirmed that H2N2 is circulating among birds and pigs and could easily spread to humans. The biggest concern is, those under 50 have little to no immunity against the killer flu.
So why haven’t worl governments sounded the alarms? It’s all about vaccine costs. In response to the H1N1 outbreak, many nations stockpiled vaccines at a huge cost, causing some to cry foul.
Reporter: “The debate rages over whether pharmaceutical companies deliberately mislead governments about the seriousness of swine flu to make them stockpile vaccines...
Agency Worker: "Britain has spent a fortune on preparations.”
But a writer for Nature.com suggests failing to prepare for H2N2 could have much higher costs in the long run.
“An influenza pandemic is likely to cost far more and create a much greater health burden than a well-planned pre-emptive programme ... The inevitable delay in distributing the vaccine would allow the virus to spread, kill more people and potentially mutate to the point of being able to evade people's immune systems.”
But a doctor on KCPQ disagrees and believes flu season will end without
controversy.
“It has been a very ordinary flu season which means a lot of people get it a lot of people are sick but no more so than previously in previous years. We kind of remember that there was a big outbreak of the 2009 H1N1 swine flu. We have not seen that.”
And a blogger for Examiner doubts there’s and ulterior motive behind the call for vaccination, and points out: millions of lives at risk is no laughing matter.
“[T]he call to action by vaccine specialists is only a step to help bring into awareness that no disease or virus should be taken lightly, especially if it has existed in the past ... it seems that advanced warnings of these deadly viruses has become a norm...”
Researchers claim the H2N2 vaccine from the 60s could still be used alongside standard vaccines as a preventive measure for future outbreaks.
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H2N2病毒：下一个威胁？
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正如世界呼吸后的救济H1N1流感大流行的叹息，研究人员说，一个单一的突变可能使这种流感更危险 - 和怪诞熟悉。
记者：“是老的，20世纪中叶病毒能来咆哮的北半球冬季回来。所谓的亚洲流感，H2N2病毒株，最早出现在1957年和死亡的主要疫苗接种运动，尽管一到四个亿人。“
日内瓦科学家们最近证实，H2N2病毒的鸟类和猪之间传播，而且容易传染给人类。最大的问题是，50岁以下的几乎没有任何免疫力对抗流感的杀手。
那么，为什么没有政府敲响了警钟worl？这是关于疫苗的费用。为了应对H1N1病毒的爆发，许多国家储存了巨大的代价疫苗，造成一些哭犯规。
记者：“在是否故意误导制药公司对猪流感的严重性，政府的争论十分激烈，使他们储存疫苗...
机构工作人员：“英国花了财富上的准备。”
而是一个Nature.com笔者建议不准备为H2N2病毒可能在长远来说要高得多的成本。
“流感大流行很可能成本，创造更多的比一场精心策划的先发制人方案更大的健康负担...在分配疫苗将使病毒的传播，杀死更多的人，可能变异成为能够逃避被人的免疫系统问题的必然延误。“
但对KCPQ医生不同意，认为没有流感季节将结束
争议。
“这是一个很普通的流感季节，这意味着有很多人得到它，很多人生病，但没有比以前更使往年。我们种记得，有一个2009年H1N1猪流感大爆发。我们还没有看到这一点。“
讯问博客和怀疑有和背后的接种疫苗的要求别有用心，并指出：千百万人的生命处于危险不再是一件好事。
“[T]的疫苗，他呼吁通过专家行动只是一个步骤，有助于使认识到，没有疾病或病毒应掉以轻心，特别是如果它在过去存在的...看来，这些致命的病毒警告，已成为一个先进的标准...“
研究人员称，从60年代的H2N2疫苗可以同时标准的疫苗仍然可以作为未来爆发的预防措施。
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