Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the Bring Out Your Dead ping list (formerly the Ebola ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the Bring Out Your Dead threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
I saw a modern photo showing two workers dressed in protective garb carrying a dead body out on a strecher (in a body bag). While not as much “fun” as your image from years gone by, it would help to bring the threat (and the thread) into a more realistic, and perhaps more urgent mood. (Perhaps “fun” isn’t the best word, and no offense meant - and please add me to your ping list!)