Viral Outbreaks Cost Billions

Viral Outbreaks Cost Billions

People as we know it are responsible for spreading diseases and with recent outbreaks of dengue, swine and avian influenza, a very dangerous trend is being observed, they are taking shorter periods to spread. Swine flu pandemic has seen a very rapid spread of the disease throughout the world from the small town in Mexico where it all began. All these recent viral outbreaks is costing billions in losses due to lost business, absenteeism and the fear of the spreading disease that tends to get people out pf the streets fast. The pandemic status of Swine Flu quickly turned to that of damage control for no means of containment was proving effective for the virus was already out on the population. Swine flu has killed thousands but it underlies the more imminent danger from dengue, a far deadlier disease that has yet to get a vaccine out for the general public. And with recent strains of these viruses showing quick immunity to just released anti-viral drugs the job of researchers in finding cures that work is only getting harder by the day.