December 22, 200619 yr Spanish flu-type pandemic could kill 51-81 million: study Last Updated: Friday, December 22, 2006 | 11:54 AM ET The Canadian Press A pandemic as severe as the 1918 Spanish flu could claim between 51 million and 81 million lives worldwide if it were to happen today, with most of those deaths occurring in the developing world, a study released Friday says. The authors said such an event would more than double the number of deaths ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢â∠128+ Combat \\ 1900+ Total Level \\ 85M+ EXP5,999th To 99 Woodcutting Achieved June 27, 200766,931st To 99 Strength Achieved January 23rd, 2009Draconic Visage: 1+ \\ DK Drops: 169+ \\ GWD Drops: 74+
December 22, 200619 yr Author Stop, this is also very very old. Is it? Sorry, It was on the top 5 (newest?) stories.... If it is old though I will remove it... 128+ Combat \\ 1900+ Total Level \\ 85M+ EXP5,999th To 99 Woodcutting Achieved June 27, 200766,931st To 99 Strength Achieved January 23rd, 2009Draconic Visage: 1+ \\ DK Drops: 169+ \\ GWD Drops: 74+
December 22, 200619 yr I don't even care anymore.. :lol: There seems to be a new disease outbreak every two weeks or so, and I haven't been hit yet. Also those figures usually include all of the old people and people with extremely low immune systems.
December 22, 200619 yr Media can always breathe new life into an old scare story by just upping the number of nonexistent victims: "Global flu pandemic could kill 62 million"
December 22, 200619 yr Nobody seems to care about bird flu anymore. Well, there was never a reason to care, but it's not all over the news anymore. the russians are the best! Hands down!
December 22, 200619 yr I would be concerned more about that radiation poisoning that the russian ex-spy got hit with. Apparently 1 microscopic piece can kill you. The media can make everything or anyone sound big. "Bird flu could kill 50 million people," yes well, 13 nukes going off at the same time in central america could kill 50 million people as well. There's always a new disease out there. Once they come close to finding a cure for one, another pops up. Bird flu is kinda old though, isn't it? ATM, they're close to finding a cure for cancer, as in 5 years close. The basic idea is to launch nano bombs into your blood, which latch on to cancer cells, and when detonated, they kill the cancer cells.
December 22, 200619 yr My guess is that the biggest disease that will hit in our lifetime or shortly after it will not only affect humans and some animals, but also plants
December 22, 200619 yr My guess is that the biggest disease that will hit in our lifetime or shortly after it will not only affect humans and some animals, but also plants When the plants die, that's the worst thing that can happen. Plants are the source of all energy in the food chain. If the plants die, then the herbivores die, and if the herbivores die, the carnivores die, and if all animals die, we die. :shock:
December 23, 200619 yr Is it me, or has around 10 of these "Millions could be dead!" scares happened in the last few years... -.- "The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you never hear it you'll never know what justice is."
December 23, 200619 yr Is it me, or has around 10 of these "Millions could be dead!" scares happened in the last few years... -.- Nah, it's just you.... and about 1 billion other people.
December 23, 200619 yr I hope it gets us before the killer bees do. A mind not to be changed by place or time.The mind is its own place, and in itselfCan make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heav'n.
December 23, 200619 yr I hope it gets us before the killer bees do. Or that asteroid that's supposed to hit us. the russians are the best! Hands down!
December 23, 200619 yr .... Thats not good to hear, more viral germs for this world.. Great -.- Please have a look! :^_^:
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