never seen before infectious diseases!
http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsand...-your-backyard
Quote:
If you're a germaphobe, make sure you're sitting down.
Over the past 60 years, the number of new diseases cropping up in a decade has almost quadrupled. The number of outbreaks each year has more than tripled since 1980.
"We're in a hyperinfectious disease world," says epidemiologist Michael Osterholm, who directs the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy in Minneapolis.
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