[unseen]

Yes it would not take much work to get a very nasty virus coming out of Asia next fall. I know Marburg is going nuts now but I really think this virus is the killer that we have all been scared of seeing. I read about the Spanish FLU of 1918. Over 40,000,000 dead. Schools closed, Events Canceled, Panic in the streets. Morgues over filling. That was when the population was alot less then toady's. I think around 1900 there was 100,000,000 million people in USA now there are close to 300,000,000. (As an aside 1900 was the time when the government put a cap on the number of house seats, so today your vote is three times less powerful then a USA's citizen of 1900 was. Then people wonder way the government doesn't give a crap about the average guy. Increase the House seats to 1300 and see how many of these bills get through. Hell companies would have to buy off 3 times as many politicians. They would all go bankrupt. LOL) So if a virus like the Spanish Flu hit expect deaths to be three times higher. In other parts of the world and the huge overpopulation of some cities expect higher figures. Mexico City, Rio, Tokyo, Cairo, and several cities in India and Africa to name just a few. Air traffic would come to a halt, commerce would shut down. The cocoon effect would come back in the USA three times has powerful as after 9/11. With this flu going on, Marburg, polio reemerging, Sars, AIDS, it almost feels like one of the four horsemen are loose.

[unseen]

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/05110503/H5N1_Recombination_Serious.html


More troubling news. It would appear that WHO as they are doing in Angola are waiting until after the virus is endemic to a region before getting concerned. I believe in a proactive approach. When you are talking about fifty million dead you should fall on the side of caution not 100% concrete evidence

[Kelly_2000]

"With this flu going on, Marburg, polio reemerging, Sars, AIDS, it almost feels like one of the four horsemen are loose."

amen to that

[FYREDEUS]

Whichever one of the Four Horsemen leaves the gate first you can usually expect the others to not be far behind...