Re: OT, kinda has to do with security if you squint a bit :-)

[jm () jmason org (Justin Mason)]

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Blanchard_Michael () emc com writes:
>   So, if this "bird flu" has been in 4 separate countries since 2003, and
> has only killed 65 people (a number that I'm sure could be lowered when we
> find out that 90% of those people probably dies of something other than the
> "bird flu")  I don't see this as a real threat.  If it is supposedly able to
> kill 150,000,000 people, and become a "pandemic", but in 2 years it's only
> take 65 lives, I don't see how that's possible.

Your first, and biggest, mistake is to mistake a _Disney_ website for a
reliable source of medical news.  Never a good idea ;)

Try this instead:

  http://avianflu.typepad.com/

It may be a weblog, which some people have a chip on their shoulder about;
but it's a weblog written by competent scientists who know what they're
talking about, and know the relative risks.

  http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/gen-info/facts.htm

Is pretty good for some solid facts, esp. 'What is the risk to humans from
the H5N1 virus in Asia'.

- --j.
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