[OldFriend]

We've gone from West Nile Virus, to Mad Cow Disease, to Bird Flu.

Anyone get the feeling that this hysteria is contrived?

[wardaddy]

'Europe Has No Hope Of Eradicating Islamist Flu'

[Brilliant]

But will it jump to human-to-human transmission? That is the big question.

[Dog Gone]

I think this is true and it was always true. And somehow it's going to get to the Western hemisphere as well.

At a minimum, we'll have massive poultry losses as well, maybe as late as next year. But it's going to happen.

What's less clear is when and if the virus will jump to humans who then spread it. Most experts think that will happen within 10 years. Many have a more pessimistic timeframe.

But the further it spreads in the fowl population, the more opportunities the virus has to hit the magical mutation. It's now in Africa, Europe, and Asia.

You'd have to be a dummy not to predict what will happen next.

[FFIGHTER]

Time for the someone in Hollyweird to come out with an updated version of Alfred Hitchcock's classic "The Birds".

[shimbo]

Comparison of the SARS meme to the "Avian Flu" meme.

http://www.realmeme.com/roller/page/realmeme?entry=sars_versus_avian_flu_meme

There's a good chance the the "world mind" is reacting quicker to potential pandemics.

[mdittmar]

World wide,all countries,all cases,what is the total deaths from H5N1 bird flu virus?

[aimhigh]

In terms of investments, is there such a thing as chicken futures?

[Wiz]

Europe's Democratic-Socialism/liberalism is failing.

[stocksthatgoup]

How long until the bird flu is in the USA?