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Strategies & Market Trends : The Epic American Credit and Bond Bubble Laboratory -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: russwinter who wrote (25945)	2/7/2005 11:19:01 AM
From: daytradergeorge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

If there were high enough fatality rates in congested urban areas, it might create labor shortages as well. In western countries especially it will put a huge strain on already overburdened health care costs. If it is fatal at a rate of 60% to 70%, then it would kill about 2 out of every 3 Social Security recipients, thus making the Social Security trust fund solvent forever. Of course, it would also reduce the value of shares by about 70%, since the number of consumers would also fall. The economic consequences are mind boggling