Reply #31: And you greatly underestimate Avian Flu....and it's already jumped... [View All]

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...the species barrier and has developed a human to human infection capability in Vietnam.

This is NOT your run of the mill virus...this thing has a lethality rate of 70%. Very few diseases in the past can even boast a 50% lethality rate...SARS was at roughly 9%, and Ebola has been at 50%. The 1918 Flu Pandemic may have reached 5% mortality, but most studies indicate that 1918's lethality was at about 2-3%. By the way, the 1918 Flu was also avian based.

One more comment...vaccines are only effective against CURRENT forms of virus. Who knows what form the Avian Flu will be in once it starts to really take off?