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Originally Posted by Chiefnj
What happened to the bird epidemic that was going to the hit the US and wipe out the entire population like the meteors did to the dinosaurs?
Something to ponder over:
In 2003 per the CDC there were 1,792 influenza deaths.
In 2004 per the CDC there were 1,265 influenza deaths.
2004 was the year of the shortage and not everyone that wanted the vaccine was able to get it. If there was a shortage and fewer people vaccinated, why was there a 30% reduction in fatalities?
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the upcoming (if/when it ever comes--though as I said before, we ARE due) flu pandemic is like a ticking time bomb--the most obvious flu strain to fear is called, aptly, H5N1--those influenza deaths are NOT deaths caused by H5N1--those are other substrains of the influenza virus
it's like saying 'the chiefs are gonna win the super bowl' and putting our hopes on it every year--we know (HOPE) that one day it'll happen, but if the easter bunny don't come, we're obviously out in the dark/dissapointed
mark my words--we're due for a major pandemic--are we ready to handle it? I don't know for certain--if things go our way, we might be able to keep it from being a 'global' killer like black death or the 1917 flu pandemic--
if it comes unexpectedly because we DIDN'T PREPARE because people like you and BD think it's reeruned to prepare, we're fucked