[blam]

"People will get their places all sealed up and cozy, then run down to the supermarket for some extra milk, or the bank for a few extra bux, some dude will cough, and they'll be six feet under in a week..."

Geez... I'm thinking now if I should go to the Rally For America tomorrow. This could become more of a threat than terrorists. BTW, I used all my Y2K tuna but, I have a fresh batch, lol.

[Cascadians]

An excellent thread detailing this outbreak and its possible ramifications:

[Hlth] **Heads Up** WHO issues global alert on new form of pneumonia

It's a serious discussion with many news articles.

[djf]

I always get a kick out of the earthquake and winter storm types who say "have enough stuff for three days".

If anything really serious happens, three months!