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« on: October 18, 2005, 23:38:51 »
Duck vacine might not be on the priority list!! :?
Have a look at the history books...they ran out of wood in New York, they were making that many coffins for flu victims at the end of the first world war. The scariest thing about the outbreak back then was that it was the fit and healthy that were dying...killed more people around the world in 2 years- than died in both world wars.
Grim i known check out the CDC's website for the really worrying stuff..

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/
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« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2005, 06:47:01 »
No offence, Bulli, but may you not have just joined the ranks of the scaremongers?
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« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2005, 20:53:05 »
i know what you mean, dont wish to be a scaremonger but history often repeats itself.
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« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2005, 21:58:23 »
well, a pandemic is going to strike, and soon (if history is anything to go by) but there is reasonably little we can do about it.  Since the chances of infection are pretty much the same regardless of precautions taken (other than doing a wako jacko and living in a tent) why stress about it.

The latest estimates are that a pandemic could kill 50,000 people.  To put that in perspective, Road Accidents kill 38,000 a year, and we have a population of some 50 million ...

It's still more dangerous (statistically) to spend a night at home, and then drive to work...
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