trevster2k
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Is anyone else tracking this in the news? This has been popping up in the news over the past few years. There have been huge culls of millions of birds in Asia recently. Health officials at all levels including the WHO and the UN are predicting an eventual pandemic similar which could lead to 5-7 million deaths but affect over a billion people as they estimate that 25-30% of the population will be effected.
If this comes to pass, all the threads we discuss could be totally unimportant. The fear level could bring the economy to a standstill in many parts of the world as people stay away from work and other people because of fear of contamination or illness.
The experts suggest that countries with poor health care systems would be most affected while other countries would still have casualties but to a lesser extent. I just a caught a blip on CBC news about how some physicians are already prescribing and storing flu vaccine in their homes for their families. Their reasoning is that when this hits, there will be nothing else available for them.
Scientists are working on a vaccine but some reports suggest they won't be ready until 2007. Hopefully, we won't see such a pandemic but not much we can do about it. It's natures way. But we can mitigate the effects of it.
If this comes to pass, all the threads we discuss could be totally unimportant. The fear level could bring the economy to a standstill in many parts of the world as people stay away from work and other people because of fear of contamination or illness.
The experts suggest that countries with poor health care systems would be most affected while other countries would still have casualties but to a lesser extent. I just a caught a blip on CBC news about how some physicians are already prescribing and storing flu vaccine in their homes for their families. Their reasoning is that when this hits, there will be nothing else available for them.
Scientists are working on a vaccine but some reports suggest they won't be ready until 2007. Hopefully, we won't see such a pandemic but not much we can do about it. It's natures way. But we can mitigate the effects of it.