[Lazamataz]

This is seriously scaring the sh*t outta me.

[redgolum]

I read that book also. Part of the reason the last German offensive failed in WWI was that most of the troops got sick. The guns of France didn't save Paris, a flu bug did.

Will another Cat 5 heading to Houston, and the resulting dislocation of people to shelters, if one of those large groups gets the flu..

Well, that is usually the part of the movie I start eating popcorn. Bad things.

[M. Espinola]

"This is seriously scaring the sh*t outta me."

Like myself, that reaction is a clear understanding you have grasped the seriousness of the current situation overseas, and are not treating the potential of a transcontinental infection as something else to invent jokes about, as so many unfortunately are doing on FR, including people living in nations with actual 'Bird Flu' cases, as was shown on a PBS TV news show last night.

It was my own doctor & dentist who woke me up. They both stated have a sufficient amount of 'Tamiflu' on hand & buy it now just in case.