Please, Dr. Mayer, explain to these people what you know. Will save 'em lotsa money and endless worries.

Bird flu is the latest virus to cause alarm around the world,
New infectious diseases are now emerging at an exceptional rate, scientists have told a leading conference in St Louis, US.

"Humans are accumulating new pathogens at a rate of one per year, they said."

"The fast rate at which pathogens are appearing means public health experts will need to work harder than ever to control the spread of emerging disease threats.

"The sort of image I want to get away from is the famous statement from the 1960s when the US Surgeon General said, 'diseases were beat'," Professor Woolhouse told the BBC News website.

"Pathogens are evolving ways to combat our control methods. The picture is changing and looks as if it will continue to. We're going to have to run as fast as we can to stay in the same place."

Arf (ALL he knows, Bow? Heh, heh. That'll take as long as to say "ummm", then what he doesn't know will fill the rest of the year.)