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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (96075)	1/20/2005 10:15:10 PM
From: Henry Niman	Respond to of 794209

Novel (i.e. recombinant) H5N1 genes in Grey Herons in Hong Kong last month news.google.com Evolution advances

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (96075)	1/20/2005 10:25:11 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794209

It is relentlessly evolving to do the deed The only thing we have in our favor (besides the skills of our doctors) is that viruses almost always evolve to become less lethal. It's bad for business to kill your host too quickly; the virus dies too. This was true in the last African outbreak of Ebola.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (96075)	1/20/2005 10:31:13 PM
From: Volsi Mimir	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794209

Avian flu would also solve the social security conundrum. I always thought there are other parts to the equation that could change the outlook. Of course I am tongue-in-cheek about it and hope this doesn't haunt me.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (96075)	1/20/2005 11:25:54 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 794209

But if H12N7 [H5N1 + H7N7] virus gets on the rampage and the world's population is reduced by a billion or three, there isn't going to be much demand for oil. I have an interesting book on my "to read" shelf. "The Year of Rice and Salt." It assumes the "black death" 700 years ago in Europe wiped out all the population. So the present world is a "Muslim/Buddist" one. The Industrial Revolution comes out of India. Entertaining concept. The REALLY GOOD one I am reading now is Crichton's, "State of Fear," where the baddies are ELF, the Environmental Liberation Front. They are creating catastrophes to force the Environmental Religion to be enacted as law. A typical Crichton "thriller." He is the master of the "evil businessman/mad scientist" genre, and it is nice to see him do this instead. Extensively footnoted with a thirty page appendix and bibliography. The MSM book reviews have done their best to savage it. It ain't never gonna be a movie! :>)