Posthuman Blues

Renewed warning over flu pandemic

"The fear is that if the H5N1 virus did mutate and spread amongst humans, it would do so rapidly and affect millions.

"Experts repeatedly warn such a pandemic would be far worse than the one which occurred in 1918, which killed between 20 and 40 million people.

"Scientists are working to develop a vaccine against bird flu, but are hampered by not knowing what form it would take, should it spread amongst humans."