Dr. Gary Ridenour
1 archived appearance · 2008
PandemicAvian FluPublic HealthScience
Dr. Gary Ridenour is a physician and pandemic preparedness expert who raised early alarms about the threat of an avian flu pandemic, warning that the H5N1 virus - with a roughly 60 percent fatality rate among those infected - was not a matter of if but when. On Art Bell's programs, he cited the virus's massive reservoir in global bird populations, its ability to mutate, and signs of human-to-human transmission as evidence that a devastating pandemic was inevitable.
On the air with Art · 1
Jan 4, 2008 · 2h 35m
Avian Flu Pandemic
Art Bell welcomes Dr. Gary Ridenour for a sobering discussion about the threat of an avian flu pandemic. Dr. Ridenour explains that the H5N1 virus kills roughly 60 percent of those it infects and has shown signs of human-to-human transmission in at least two countries. He argues the pandemic is not a matter of if bu...
