[lit-ideas] Re: The flu

At 12:31 PM 11/20/2004, you wrote:
>Here's estimates from WHO on how many would die from a flu pandemic.
>
>"Between a quarter and a third of the world's population will fall ill, 
>according to new
>World Health Organization estimates, and one per cent of the sick will 
>die. Between 16
>million and 21 million people would die in a matter of mere months. In 
>Canada, 80,000 to
>106,000 people would be expected to succumb. The consequences: Panic. 
>Crippled health-care
>systems. Economic disruption on a global scale. Grounded airlines. 
>Distribution networks
>that will grind to a halt. Social instability. "
>
>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1845&e=13&u=/cpress/health_looming_pandemic
>
>Let's see: for the USA (280m people), between 25% to 33% would be come ill 
>(70m to 92m) and
>1% will die (700,000 to 920,000).
And MILLIONS would die in the event of any disaster. What does this prove? 
Talk about tautologies.

avoiding being pauly wally

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