try giving pandemic or spanish flu a google to understand the subject a bit further. While there may NOT be any real threat yet - all the ingrediance are all there. Bird flu was basically 'feared' because of the threat it would mutate so pig/human would be able to pass it on. This has now happened, in an expected time scale. 3 pandemic in the last 100 years - the last in the 60's - would suggest the world is due for one - within the next few years. Should the normal man in the street be worried? Maybe more so in the 3rd world - in England we should all respect what is capable. Yes, the WHO are a bit jumpy, rightly so.
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