[Leo Carpathian]

"We won't have 30-per-cent unemployment because frankly, many people will die. And there will be excess demand for labour and yet, at the same time, it will absolutely crunch the economy worldwide."

This sums it all up!
Reserve your burial plot, while prices are low!

[datura]

Let's see how Europe deals with it, eh? They're going to have it within the next two weeks. That means no more poultry business, and quarantine of nearly all farm goods. (This strain of H5N1 infects farm animals, not just birds.)

Perfect arrival time as well - just as summer begins to cool off, and fall brings the human flu season out.

No, it won't effect world trade, or any of the markets. No reason to even notice. After all, SARS is as bad as it can get - really. Trust me.

Color coded circles for wild bird H5N1:
May = Red June - Orange July = Yellow August = Green

Square = Unconfirmed reports of dead birds

Human outbreaks, etiology unknown
Orange Oval = Sharkin, Udmurtia, Russia (fever, meningitis, gastro-intestinal)
Blue Oval = Tomsk, Tomsk, Russia (fever, meningitis)
Red Oval = Moklakap, Chita, Russia (fever, vomiting)