[Scott from the Left Coast]

You know, I'd hate to be the first to say it (but I will, anyway): Saddam's revenge?

[Dog Gone]

I doubt Saddam would have started it in China. I suspect this superflu is a natural mutation.

The problem is that people don't seem to recover from it. Let's hope that most of us are naturally immune, or this could end up being a nightmare.

[jacquej]

Well, maybe someone in the know could inform us if any of the known biological warfare agents produce similar symptoms, before we make any erroneous assumptions, and then run around like chickens with our heads cut off!

[Eala]

You know, I'd hate to be the first to say it (but I will, anyway): Saddam's revenge?

Don't worry. Somebody already beat you to it (one of the several threads on this.) Unlikely, though. This thing seems to have originated in SE China or Vietnam, best I make out from the reports posted here.

[mrb1960]

You know, I'd hate to be the first to say it (but I will, anyway): Saddam's revenge?

I was gonna say something similar, could this be bio-terrorism?