A global pandemic WILL happen due to international travel warn experts during Davos talk to mark 100 year anniversary of Spanish flu that killed 50 million

Friday, January 26, 2018
By Paul Martin

The concerns were raised during the annual World Economic Forum in Davos
Experts warned another pandemic is unavoidable because of the ease of travel
A mutated flu virus poses the biggest threat, they revealed at the Swiss summit
Their fears come exactly 100 years after the 1918 Spanish flu (H1N1) outbreak

By STEPHEN MATTHEWS
DAILYMAIL.COM
26 January 2018

Fears of a global pandemic are mounting as experts have warned there will be ‘no way to stop’ a killer disease from claiming millions of lives.

The concerns, raised at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, come exactly 100 years after the 1918 Spanish flu that claimed 50 million lives.

The H1N1 virus killed three times as many people as World War I and did it quicker than any other illness in recorded history.

And now leading names, speaking a century on, have warned another pandemic is unavoidable amid the ease of international travel.

A mutated flu virus poses the biggest threat, they revealed at the Swiss summit, because it can join together with other strains to become deadlier.

Elhadj As Sy, secretary general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, told AFP: ‘Pandemics are becoming a real threat to humanity.’

Dr Sylvie Briand, a specialist in infectious diseases at the World Health Organisation, added: ‘We know that it is coming, but we have no way of stopping it.’

The pair were speaking of their concerns at a Davos discussion called ‘Are We Ready For The Next Pandemic?’.

Is flu the next pandemic?

Dr Briand added: ‘The flu is a respiratory virus that is easily transmitted and people can be contagious even before they show symptoms, so it is not easy to control.’

Its numerous forms are also able to ‘marry’ one another or bond with viruses from birds or pigs in potentially deadly new combinations.

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