[Godzilla]

But my point was to focus on a potentially imminent scenario, not a flu strain. I was making a point about manufactured bioweapons in general, not natural flu pandemics in particular.

Bioweapons are older than nuclear weapons. They are not something that we've just awakened to. Same for more 'natural' flu. A decade or so ago it was the Hong Kong flu that was to devistate the world - yet we survived. Every year there is a strange virus that appears and is going to affect millions. There is a degree that awareness and research are necessary. On the other hand, there is a lot of what I see as scare mongering as it is a vehicle for more money. The problem for most bioweapons is that once you release them, you are at almost as much risk as your target. Not much reason to try to rule the world if you are dead due to your own virus.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Not much reason to try to rule the world if
you are dead due to your own virus.

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The first thoughts that came to mind on reading this:

Die from a virus or strap on a suicide belt?

Dead is dead.

Vaccination, could offer some protection to the person releasing the germs.