They estimate the bird flu could wipe out 30% of the worlds population, is that a bad thing?

Question

If instead it could kill ALL of the following:

Prisoners, gays, old bastards, crackheads, and soccer moms would it truly be bad?

Answer 1

30 % is not the estimate that experts give. It is thought 300-400 million people could perish if a bird flu pandemic occurrs.

Bird flu is still an issue. Although it doesn't make the front page anymore, as other headlines are more appealing, parts of Asia are still ravished by the disease. Countries like Indonesia are finding it very hard to cope with the virus. Read the latest story here:
http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2006/08/l...

Although apparently the virus has not yet found a way to be transmitted from person to person, it is a very deadly disease among birds. However, aggressive measures to contain any outbreaks prove effective in countries which can afford them (it is said, for example, that one of the reasons Indonesia si so heavily struck by the disease is that it cannot afford to kill all the chickens in the affected areas, to stop the spread of the virus, because they would have to reimburse the villagers for the birds). The virus has even spread to European country, but so far the cases are scarce and governments deal with them swiftly, as the Dutch one did:

http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2006/08/v...

Another reason why you don't see bird flu in the news anymore is that, compared to autumn, summer is a quiet time for the disease. Birds will be on the move once again in autumn and countries which lie on migratory paths of wild fowl fear the virus might be spread this way. Wild birds are natural carriers of the virus and ironically seem to be quite immune to the disease. This way, they can fly for thousands of miles and spread the disease anywhere along their path. Expert predictions say that a worst case scenario could see the virus cause a pandemic and claim the lives of up to 300 million people world wide (it is a great exaggeration one opinion stated here that a third of the world population could be killed...that's just huge and impossible actually).

Prevention measures are taken in countries all around the world, so until the issue becomes serious in your region too, you have little to worry about. If you need any information on he disease, its symptoms, oigins, treatment or just daily updated news, just visit this website:
http://www.bird-flu-center.com

Answer 2

Pretty narrow-minded and cold of you. While 30% of the population could use to go you have completely chosen the wrong people. I would recommend reevaluating your outlook on life.

Answer 3

I don't think it will be as bad as they say, but no one can say for sure. Let's see would I rather die of bird flu, or in a nuclear war?

Answer 4

Well no matter who it kills it is simply because there's far to many of us and we won't settle down and stop making more for awhile at least....natural process I guess...if we don't kill each other nature flicks us off her back like a flea....good riddance.

Answer 5

still believing in the so-called bird-flu.......mmmm.....go to the CDC website and look at the symptoms then look at human flu........bird flu....mmmmm

Answer 6

And it could kill you too. Now do you think it's good?

Answer 7

if only we could send the bird flue to the arabs.

Answer 8

yea