(January 28, 2014 at 4:01 pm)Shaggy Wrote: Medicine has evolved to the point that it wouldn't elevate to those levels though, right? I mean it seems like every couple years there's a new pandemic that's going to wipe us out, but it always falls short. Sars, West nile, mad cow, H1N1, blah blah blah.
I used to sit on an emergency planning committee for pandemic flu. Trust me, there is plenty to be afraid of. Not just in a 28 days later way either.
Do you know what percentage of the workforce has to be ill before infrastructure starts to collapse? It's tiny. I think it was like 14 percent. Civilisation is two meals from anarchy.
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Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
Sith code
