"More people died in Southwest Houston last year due to gun fire...then Bird Flu has killed world wide in two years. "
Perhaps. I'm not interested in checking your numbers. But the "bird flu" is indeed a threat.
Keep in mind that the 1918 "Spanish flu" has since been found to be an avian flu. It had nothing to do with factory farms, but it killed millions.
Don't refuse to consider the risk or deny the danger because of articles like this stupid one. If the current infection begins spreading human-to-human, we won't be thinking about SW Houston crime rates.
The world is no longer in 1918.
The reason why the flu was such a pandemic then is modern medicine wouldnt really be "modern" until 1939...for a myriad of reasons too long to list here.
Remember SARS, exactly how big a Pandemic was that?
Bird Flu is a lot of hype, now if it were "weaponized" and delviered as an aresol contaminate over a large city...sure it would be a problem...but that is just adding to conspiracy theory.
It is good to be prepared but let's all agree to be rational. Again, IMHO, more people will die in SW houston next year, and the year after that, and so, on, on...long after Bird Flu has gone the way of SARS.