Germs from Outer Space! Researchers Say Flu Bugs Rain Down from Beyond

Sir Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe of the University of Wales at Cardiff believe that flu pandemics come from the sky. They have published data in the Indian journal Current Science, correlating sunspot activity with past flu pandemics. Solar activity follows an 11 year cycle, and they believe with a solar cycle nearing, large scale flu pandemics will be accompanying such solar activity. More specifically they believe that the viruses are in earth's orbit hiding within space dust. Once the gravity becomes strong enough, the dust particles containing viruses descends onto the surface of the earth due to: "'The intense solar activity at sunspot maximum that causes bright displays of aurora also has the effect of driving viral particles or their triggers rapidly to ground level,' the researchers say."
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