"but none of these things have increased at the rate the virus is increasing so there’s something else going on"
Some have suggested it may be due to the way we raise pigs and chickens (or people?) urbanization?...... climate change? (that old chestnut).... I think it could well be from vaccinating..... "something else going on"??
Researchers from the University of New South Wales have mapped the recent emergence of new influenza strains, showing 19 separate strains detected in the past century, with seven of those only showing up in the past five years.
With more potentially fatal flu viruses being detected, the study’s leaders have called for greater international collaboration and warned the world to be prepared.
Published in the Archives of Public Health, the study found there were more strains of influenza emerging, rather than just more cases being picked up, but didn’t address why.
One of the study’s leaders, director of UNSW’s Integrated Systems for Epidemic Response, said suggested climate change and urbanisation could be contributing factors.
“Some of the reasons involve things like climate change and its impact on pathogens, changes like urbanisation, but none of these things have increased at the rate the virus is increasing so there’s something else going on,” she told Fairfax Media.
