[_Jim]

it's easier to feed on A) a human or B)a bird.

Okay, I'll bite -

B)a bird.

THIS still doesn't end the debate here on which group seemed to be affected first ...

[IYAAYAS]

There's no debate, the point is moot. Just trying to demonstrate the pitfalls of thinking inside the box.

The real debate as of Sunday is which new disease will be most dangerous to us in the future, SARS, monkeypox or WNV. I'm still firmly in the SARS camp. TEOTWAWKI, like it or not.