Renowned Scientist: Bird Flu will kill 50% of humanity


March 14, 2006 — Robert G. Webster is one of the few bird flu experts confident enough to answer the key question: Will the avian flu switch from posing a terrible hazard to birds to becoming a real threat to humans?

There are "about even odds at this time for the virus to learn how to transmit human to human," he told ABC's "World News Tonight." Webster, the Rosemary Thomas Chair at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., is credited with being the first scientist to find the link between human flu and bird flu.
"Society just can't accept the idea that 50 percent of the population could die. And I think we have to face that possibility," Webster said. "I'm sorry if I'm making people a little frightened, but I feel it's my role."
That would be pretty nasty. I wonder if civilization would near collapse at that point? I mean, you have 1/2 of the world dying off, rioting in the street, economies basically grinding to a halt, faith in government falling as government officials die like everyone else, mass media slowing production, casulaties rates and news updates from every channel and news source. Meanwhile, what will happen to access to Nuclear weapons in Russia? As society teeters, will the nukes stay secure?

And as governments fail to control the population with police dieing off and quitting to care for loved ones, our militaries will patrol the streets. Food and water will be rationed. People will die in the streets waiting for care at makeshift field hospitals.



I've got my list of stuff to buy. On that list is one AR-15 to join my Remington and my Glock .40 as well as a whole lotta ammunition. Maybe I'll buy the AR-15 on credit, heh. Who's gonna collect?