We have flu all the time, what's the difference? I ask this though the doctors I mentioned seemed to be taking it *quite* seriously. Maybe it's just coincidence that Rumsfeld stands to profit from all this. Funny how that keeps happening in this administration though.
On 11/6/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dana wrote: > > I have heard speculation that the impending flu pandemic is a creature > of > > Rumsfeld's stock portfolio. > > No. There's a few mutations a virus has to cross to become a pandemic: > > 1.) Bird to bird. > 2.) Bird to other creatures (humans). > 3.) Human to human. > > Once it hits level 3 you have a pandemic such as the 1918 flu. > Recently in Thailand the virus was able to get to level 2, birds to > humans. > > At first the vector was a mystery because no/few bird farmers became > sick. Then a CDC doctor on-scene noticed that it was mainly children > (~7) that we getting ill. Upon further investigation he discovered > that part of their culture was for kids to pluck the chickens every > family owns, usually a bloody process. > > They spend millions on advertising to tell people to cull their > chickens and warning them of the danger. For now it seems to have > worked. > > If a stage 2 virus like that is allowed to propagate, the odds of the > stage 3 mutation grow exponentially and shutting down borders probably > won't help as migratory birds will spread it between continents. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:180041 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
