No to further scare Surly or anything, but ...
To save you the effort of going down the corner shop, I quote, from today's Times pp12/13 11 Jan 2006:
"The dept of Health ... has forecast that as many as half of the (sic) Britain's 60 million population could be infected."
"(But) the WHO and the Government agree that 15 million is the most likely number of casualties if the virus mutates, over a period of about six months."
It's not totally clear but I think they mean in the world, as it's WHO, not the UK.
One statistic: AstraZeneca expect 6,400 staff to be off sick with BF. Think that through to all the power companies, IT companies, haulage companies and so on. Then think Hospital staff, add Pandemic, and I don't know about you, but it worries the hell out of me.
"The virus has killed at least 76 people, about half of those infected."
as I said before. Not a matter for jokes.
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right. i'm not coming back until you start talking about flowers or kittens or something.
Ocarthedog has respectfully asked that you don't mention kittens as he's feeling a touch peckish just now.
And I can't promise not to be a harbinger of doom again, at some time in the future.
But I'll try and lay off the bird flu for a while.
Just remember, no virus can survive in alcohol.
PS. Thanks for the link SG. Please say you won't go away now I've been nice. I'll even check my teeth for spinach and smile - I learned that off a girl who had terrible poppy seed teeth once.
I would strongly advise anyone of a nervous disposition about bird flu not to read todays (12/1/06) Times and to try and avoid sneaking a peak at the front page in the newsagents. Certainly don't look at the third little paragraph on the left, the one that says: UK at top flu risk.
Because it would make you even more nervous. But i'm not saying anything about bf anymore, 'cos we should all keep our heads down, fingers crossed and hope it just goes away, right?
It still might of course. And I'm with you on that.
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