tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796818.post-1133752038650638992005-12-04T20:59:00.000-06:002005-12-04T21:07:18.660-06:00Instapundit has <a href="http://instapundit.com/archives/027245.php">a poll</a> on avian flu. So far, only 11% agree with me, that it is a bogus hype from people who got bored. Remember the flu shot shortage hysteria of last year? Well, not only can you not get flu shots anymore, THE MENACE IS BIGGER AND DEADLIER THAN EVER! And it is a subject only to be discussed in appropriately breathless capslock. See, that makes it relevant.<br /><br />Seriously, you could pick any one of a dozen exotic, old school, or standby diseases and have just as good a chance of these one day becoming a millions-dead pandemic. SARS, bubonic plague, cholera, smallpox, mad cow (good God, remember the panic on that one? and it involved food, too!), malaria, dengue fever. Anthrax -- that's a livestock one. Lots and lots of things can kill you. I can tell you now, of anyway I could die, a flu epidemic is just not in my cards.Deonnoreply@blogger.com