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To: 10K a day who wrote (98367)	12/24/2007 5:54:51 PM
From: Think4Yourself	Read Replies (7) \| Respond to of 306849

You are EXACTLY the type of person I am afraid of. Someone who blithely goes about their life, never stopping to think about what could easily happen, never planning for anything, and probably believing others will take care of you in a crisis. You mock what you don't understand and are very dangerous to those of us who do think ahead. I prefer to hope for the best and plan for the worst. I am a marksman who shoots regularly, am certified in advanced first aid, a hunter, and a backwoods hiker. I have also extensively studied human physiology and psychology. I realize society isn't likely to break down completely in my lifetime, barring a major pandemic or WW III. If you study history at all you will realize both are now overdue. Given the intelligence level of the average person today, my bet is a pandemic. Most people don't even know what a pandemic IS, much less what to do. The big problem is that a pandemic could spread so fast in today's society that there would be almost no time to protect one's self. 25%+ of the world's population could be wiped out in a month. I know what happened in the last pandemic. It isn't taught in any school I know of, or even mentioned in most history books. in 1918 western American society essentially shut down and many Americans died a HORRIBLE death. Only the lack of fast transportation prevented the virus from spreading uncontrollably. The CDC resurrected the virus about a year ago, the most deadly and virulent virus in modern history. I recommend that squemish people not research that virus and what it did to people... perfectly healthy people.