This bird flu thing is starting to really get to my nerves. Has the terrorist scare faded so much that something new and even scrarier was needed? It looks as if the govt. is planning for something that is totally hypothetical.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/29/D8DHOP580.html
The H5N1 has not mutated yet. The deaths it has caused have occured in Asia, where the health system is not to western standards. This whole thing is overhyped, and the only consequence I can predict is that some drug companies (Sanofi, Avantis...) will make record profits. Also, after witnessing that the govt. was not able to deal with a hurricane, I doubt very much that it would be of any help in the very hypothetic case of a pandemic.
All I can see is a pattern of scaring the populace, and reaping the financial benefits of it. My vision, and correct me if I am wrong, is the the govt. is a puppet in the hands of weapons-oil-drug companies, the ones who financed the elections.
Scare the people with terrorism, and the defense industry does fantastic, scare them with gas shortage, and the oil companies post obscene record profits one month later. Scare them with bird flu, and the drug companies will do great. There is another thread on what stocks will be hot next year. I think drug company stocks will be a good bet.
Aurel