[Movemout]

That is a very significant piece of news, how unusual for the NY Times. This clearly has the forensics community in an uproar. A pandemic version of the flu has been discussed for years. Let me see now, at a 40% infection rate that would be roughly 2.5 billion infections and at a 2.5% mortality rate, that would be 6.25 million deaths. Time to invest in flowers, caskets, and mortuaries (tongue in cheek). Hospitals couldn't handle this load under any circumstances that I can imagine. The impact on the economy would be as devastating as the disease itself were it to come to pass.

[Dog Gone]

The experts are clearly worried. This doesn't seem to be a routine flu outbreak.

I'm sure our military planners are hoping it doesn't spread to Kuwait.

[per loin]

Let me see now, at a 40% infection rate that would be roughly 2.5 billion infections and at a 2.5% mortality rate, that would be 6.25 million deaths.

Off by a factor of ten. That would be 62.5 million deaths.

[Domestic Church]

"The impact on the economy would be as devastating as the disease itself were it to come to pass."

Look on the bright side...lower unemployment.