Answer:
“The next flu pandemic is one of public health’s greatest concern”.
Dr. Dowell’s stated that he was worried: Did the girl pass deadly bird flu directly to her mother?
Explanation:
The book When Birds get Flu and Cows go Mad; How safe are we” by John DiConsiglio is a very informative source for discussing diseases and their potential harm to communities. It provides the readers with facts easy to locate and has collected evidence-base through CDC’s case files. One of the chapter is related to the disease fighter Dr. Dowell who is a doctor with Center of Disease Control and Prevention who started keeping an eye on flu viruses in 2004. He stated that “The next flu pandemic is one of public health’s greatest concern”. This statement predicted his knowledge about type of viruses as he rightly pointed out the bird flu epidemic before-hand and made the authorities vigilant.
This bird flu virus is predicted to spread in Thailand villages by Dr. Dowell and the virus finally strike poultry such chicken, ducks and turkey. In 2003, around 40 deaths across the globe are declared as a reason of bird flu virus. The girl first struck by deadly bird flu in Thailand got it from chicken as they are freely roaming in villages. Dr. Dowell’s worry is to find if the girl has transmitted the virus to her mother who is with her all the time.
Dr. Dowell’s stated that he was worried: Did the girl pass deadly bird flu directly to her mother?. This question raised by Dr. Dowell created a fear among health fraternity and threatened the population’s health making it a public health concern.
