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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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To: TigerPaw who wrote (46452)5/13/2005 1:01:31 PM
From: jttmab  Read Replies (1) of 173976
 
There are hundreds of other examples, for example the HIV virus.

Certainly true. Then there's the much anticipated evolution of the bird flu. Evolving towards a more easily transmitted form. The Spanish flu had a lethality rate of ~3%; bird flu has a lethality rate of ~75%. How does it evolve and how does the lethality rate mutate. If we can't produce a vaccine fast enough to keep up with the spread, we could have some tough decisions. Who gets it first? Culturally, we like to give it to the elderly and children whose immune systems are weaker, hence the lethality for those groups is higher. But if it mutates with a lethality rate significantly higher than the bird flu. Maybe it makes sense to let the older population go. Could be a built in solution to the Social Security and Medicare solvency problem.

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