Bird flu: What could happen with virus in 2025?

As 1st bird flu death reported in US, what could happen with virus in 2025? The CDC says the risk of bird flu to the general public is low, but public health experts say they are worried the virus could mutate and become more transmissible. ABC News ABC News

...public health experts say they are worried the virus could mutate and become more transmissible, amplifying the need to ramp up testing and to stockpile vaccines.

Dr. Tony Moody, a professor of pediatrics and infectious diseases specialist at Duke University, said the fact that cases have yet to pass from human to human is "both reassuring, but not completely reassuring."

He told ABC News, "What we're concerned about is that, eventually, we might get a variation of this strain that could pass from person to person. That's really what we're going to need to see, I think, to get substantial human cases and the potential for a new pandemic strain."....