Answer:
The avian flu (bird flu) is a current and significant
issue involving the global environment as well as the health of millions of
people around the world. The,
virus (influenza-A)occurs mainly in birds, is highly contagious among them and
can be deadly.
The major global environmental issue that
plays a large role in the advancement of the H5N1,avian
influenza virus is globalization. i.e., increasing integration of countries. Through
globalization, the progression of the H5N1, avian
influenza virus occur through the world at a pace faster than scientists can
anticipate, and also technology and research cannot possibly keep up. Globalization
will give the, avian influenza
virus an opportunity to travel to various parts of the world without impediment.
Once, it has developed the
ability to spread easily from human to human, the major concern becomes the
travel of individuals around the world, particularly air travel. Through air
travel an infected individual could infect dozens of people during their
movement, those newly infected individuals would in turn, infect dozens more,
and so on and so forth.
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