Yes, yes, I understood your point. I just thought it was humorous in a grim way…
Assuming the safety of the pork supply could be rather tricky, no? Sis?
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We shouldn’t forget that the swine flu pandemic of the mid-'70s killed hundreds of millions of people.
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Don’t listen to Jackmannii, people!
It was hundreds of billions!
Why didn’t anybody get prepared! It was predicted by the world’s leading health authorities!!!
More to the OP, though. I think that most “leading authorities” usually have some interest in making wild statements, or are just plain loco. IIRC, there are a bunch of Nobel prize winners that come up with some of the most bizarre, off the wall ideas as well as their Prize winning performances.
In addition, in an epidemic, it *could * be spread to outer space. Probably, however, the mortality rate will be no where near 1%.
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