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To: LindyBill who wrote (142425)10/11/2005 10:27:19 AM
From: microhoogle!  Read Replies (2) of 794004
 
There are a couple holes that can be poked in this article - though I admire Marc Siegal for trying to calm down the jittery public. However healthy dose of FEAR is definitely needed in this case. Currently this flu is just one mutation away from jumping to attain human to human infection level. Once this barrier is crossed then we have a big problem. With healthy dose of skepticism, it is not a bad idea to be prepared. I was hoping that United States would have been prepared by now as there have been many on this boards who have been following this for the last couple of years and complaining lack of government action.

Marc talks about squalor conditions in 1918 that contributed to greater number of deaths. I have news for him - greater no. of people live in shanty towns and more miserably squalid conditions in India NOW than in 1918. Same is true in other countries. The population is perhaps 3 times more than what it was in 1918. Hence greater population density which translates into easy infectability. Add to that - people are much more mobile and interactive than they were in 1918.

Overall - I am glad that Marc Siegel wrote this article, but it should not be taken as an excuse for relative lack of prepardness by governments around the globe.
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