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Originally Posted by Choker
True, but pandamics are fact not fiction. Historically we are long overdue for a big one.
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Historical "averages" mean very little when it comes to predicting things like pandemics. Over the last 100 years we've seen huge improvements in the standard of living. It's only since the 1920s that we've been able to systematically produce more food than we need. As a result, people who want to eat the best quality of food, can do so. Before the 1920s, the supply of food was much lower, meaning people had no choice but to also consume the lower quality products. Better nutrition has resulted in people growing taller, living longer etc. Add other factors like improved sanitary facilities, better waste management etc and you get a situation wherein most of the old plaguelike diseases don't stand a chance to reach pandemic proportions.
I admit that the same improvements in technology have introduced new risks: faster travel = spreading viruses all over the world. but I wouldn't evaluate those risks based on how older outbreaks happened or on how frequent they occurred.
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I have been selling swine flu suits. They sell really good and are very cheap. They have many other purposes also.
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You're selling them yourself or you're promoting a bio suit affilaite program?