UK Metro reports a chilling simulation has revealed just how easily a new pathogen could wipe out a huge slice of the world’s population – up to 900 million people.Researchers at John Hopkins University simulated the spread of a new illness – a new type of parainfluenza, known as Clade X.The simulation was designed so the pathogen wasn’t markedly more dangerous than real illnesses such as SARS – and illustrates the tightrope governments tread in responding to such illnesses.
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