Bad News Birds

I read Laurie Garrett's book, The Coming Plague, several years ago. It is enough to scare the bejesus out of you when it comes to deadly viruses. The basic densely footnoted message is: it's coming, it's only a matter of time. If you want a more thriller-like narrative that is also non-fiction, try The Hot Zone. Anyway, these stories of bird flu are getting really scary. This is especially true when coupled with China's totalitarian regime's attitude about not wanting any bad news to taint the rosy picture (I will leave the analogies here at home to the reader) praising their economic growth potential. We shall see. I don't know what any of us can do about it, except encourage CDC and WHO funding. It looks like holding our breath will just not work.