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To: Sultan who wrote (297329)	11/10/2004 1:12:44 AM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Pathetic..? Yes. I wish the electorate would get back to being merely apathetic instead of being scared and wrong. Apathy you could at least ignore and hope it would go away.

To: Sultan who wrote (297329)	11/10/2004 1:49:25 AM
From: Michael Watkins	Respond to of 436258

Pandemic flu outbreak expected (something to cheer you up...) ... In the 400 years of recorded influenza history, pandemics have occurred on a regular if sporadic basis. The longest period between pandemics has been 30 to 40 years, noted Dr. Allison McGeer, an infectious diseases specialist at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital. The last pandemic was 36 years ago, the Hong Kong flu of 1968. “It's going to happen,” Dr. McGeer told conference delegates. “The only surer things than influenza pandemics are death and taxes.” theglobeandmail.com