Renowned Scientist: Bird Flu will kill 50% of humanity

[Rodion Romanovich]

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?

On the contrary, when people die off there's little need for rioting and conflict, because there's less competition for the survival resources. On the contrary I think most people who survive will live better lives after the flu than the average person today does, like was the case after the black death, once the smelly bodies were buried that is.

@the world: If you live in a world where everyone gets too many children, and there's too much travel connections between continents and populations, you can't expect anything but that large pandemics killing off 50% every now and then. I don't understand how people on one hand can support the mass-breeding project and the next second explain horror and surprise at the consequences of it. The bird flu is coming, it's your fault, and you'll probably all die - so get used to it.