[blam]

"Scientists have long been concerned that a new flu virus could launch a worldwide pandemic of a killer disease. A new virus could evolve when different flu viruses infect a pig, a person or a bird, mingling their genetic material. The resulting hybrid could spread quickly because people would have no natural defenses against it."

"Still, flu experts were concerned but not alarmed about the latest outbreak."

"We've seen swine influenza in humans over the past several years, and in most cases, it's come from direct pig contact. This seems to be different," said Dr. Arnold Monto, a flu expert with the University of Michigan."

There's something about the way this was said: "This seems to be different,

[Strategerist]

He said "It seems to be different" from the "past several years."

I mean, if there was a pandemic flu virus every year, we'd all be dead. The ones that end up as true pandemics are going to be pretty different from your yearly flu virus. The 1918 virus was certainly "different."

That said, the odds are this isn't another pandemic.

But it seems pretty absurd to jump from "this seems to be different" to "bioterrorism."