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To: Taikun who wrote (1485)10/23/2005 9:46:02 PM
From: TobagoJack  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 220572
 
I am less excited about the possibilities of the flu than I would normally be about chaos of other variation, because the flu does not take volunteers and only conscripts, and there may not be an opt-out.

But, yes, puts are reasonable under the circumstance, providing a small hedge against a possibly huge event.