Researchers from the French Pasteur Institute emphasize that bird flu viruses can adapt to mammals, increasing the likelihood of transmission from human to human. The director of the institute noted that people do not have antibodies to H5, making these viruses potentially deadly even for healthy individuals.
However, some experts are confident that the world is prepared for new pandemics. Gregorio Torres from the World Organisation for Animal Health noted that the lessons learned from the coronavirus pandemic have significantly improved preparedness for such situations and considers the likelihood of a new pandemic to be low. It is also worth mentioning that there are potential vaccines against bird flu viruses.
