[blam]

"A heck of allot of money is being spent on something --- and I don't 167 deaths worldwide in 4 years is the reason."

Yup. They still seem to be proceeding full speed ahead but without the original hysteria. Most people have lost interest...it seems.

[LucyT]

Most people have lost interest...it seems.

Some interesting discussion on fluwiki about lack of interest; maybe it's a lack of reporting?

[Smokin' Joe]

One of the best ways to make sure something gets ignored is to raise a ruckus and have nothing happen. (Nothing to see here, folks, move along now...)

However, the planning, etc., going on is a dual use thing which may work in the event of biological attack.

I did note the reference to 'our' global economy, meaning the US in particular, but not taking into account that similar or even worse disruptions would occur in other countries as well.

I may be reading too much into that turn of phrase, but the exclusion seems to indicate an anticipation of a contagious and commonly fatal disease which affects the US more so than elsewhere, as if in anticipation of biological attack.