A 21th century pandemic

Since the beginning of human existence on planetplanet: Spain, Asia and Hong Kong. An epidemic
Earth there has been one virus that has managed toaffects a single region, people or country without the
pass through centuries and affect people all aroundpossibility of outside spread of the disease. On the
the globe. It is known on all 5 continents as the theother hand, a pandemic-the major concern of modern
flu virus and, with the passing of time more andsociety-has the ability to afflict millions of people in
more information has been acquired giving scientistsdifferent parts of the world. So, the questions that
the possibility to create vaccines and medication.come to everyone's mind are: Can there be a
Historical data shows the outbreak of three major flumodern pandemic? What will induce it?
epidemics in the last century in different parts of the