He was absolutely correct.

The ‘next big one,’ which may already be spreading faster and farther than scientists realize, is making Quammen more anxious, he said in an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail.

He asserts that bird flu is the most likely to become the next pandemic, and other public health specialists have cautioned that as the virus flu spreads uncontrollably on farms, the United States is at risk of another epidemic.

More than 1,000 herds of dairy cows, 168 million chickens, and more than 70 human cases—including the first recorded death—have been impacted by the H5N1 outbreak.

Mr Quammen told this website, “I have high concerns about bird flu. If you’re going to make a prediction about what would be the next big one now, a scientist would probably say