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Rise of obesity and diabetes could exacerbate future flu pandemics
[The Telegraph]
Sarah Newey
,The Telegraph•October 8, 2018
 

The growth in rates of obesity and diabetes and the threat of antibiotic resistance could turn even a mild flu outbreak into a severe one, scientists have warned.

Scientists looked at what led to the 1918 Spanish flu, which spread rapidly around the globe as the First World War drew to a close, infecting a third of the world’s population and causing between 50 and 100 million deaths.

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Re: Rise of obesity and diabetes could exacerbate future flu pandemics
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2018, 02:02:31 pm »
Oh no!  What am I going to do?  Another pandemic that COULD/MIGHT happen.  Oh, woe is me. wink777  The manufacturers thank you for your attention. :whistle:

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Re: Rise of obesity and diabetes could exacerbate future flu pandemics
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2018, 06:11:51 pm »
Oh no!  What am I going to do?  Another pandemic that COULD/MIGHT happen.  Oh, woe is me. wink777  The manufacturers thank you for your attention. :whistle:
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