Would you be willing to give us a synopsis of that conversation?
Sure. Asked him if the media reports are justified about its potential to wreak havoc - YES.
Chances of a 1918 scale pandemic, my figure 250Million Dead Worldwide, compared to 25 Million in 1918 what possibility of that - 50/50, medical advances contest with ease and rapidity of travel. Didn’t blink at my number of a quarter of a billion dead.
What are their boogeymen? A mutating virus merging with the Bird Flu, catching vaccine formulators flatfooted. Short time line to test current vaccine before large scale implementation of vaccination program.
Fatality and transmission rates higher than anticipated, the X, unknown variables.
I needed another drink by this time :>>