wwwwweeeeellllll.......
while I am anti media hype it is worth remembering that the Spanish flu, (call it what you may), took quite a while to get serious. Obviously the world wasn't as connected then but apparently a few folk got sick, then a few more, then few more and no one thought it was an issue but suddenly after a couple of months loads of folk got sick, and plenty died.

While I say plenty died, it seems that only a few, percent-wise, of those infected actually died so the odds of survival weren't bad with that pandemic (vs the odds of infection which it seems were pretty high) - but the point is these flu type things can change with time and they can take a while to take root and then speed up... they adapt, morph, combat, strengthen, drift... whatever. So while we may scoff today (me included) about the pigflu it might be worth remembering that this is something we know fuck all about and your online wit and photoshop skills will mean less that my stockpile of seafood pasta, dehydrated water and .270 ammo if the shit hit the fan.

Which it wont.

Of course.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Wed 6 May 2009, 11:06, Reply)