Dying From The Bird Flu
A while ago, a man in the medical field told one of my friends, “Say goodbye to most of the people you know. This bird flu is going to kill a lot of them off.” Needless to say, this struck fear in her heart and gave her some sleepless nights.
Let’s put this Bird Flu into perspective. According to the CDC it’s very hard to catch this flu. It doesn’t spread easily from human to human. The CDC only knows of a few cases — one example was a mother and an infant. You have to be that close for it to spread.
Also, according to Reuters, the reported deaths from Bird Flu in Southeast Asia stands at around 60 people.
I checked the CIA World Factbook for population statistics. There are an estimated 1,646,803,377 people in Southeast Asia. That’s over one point six BILLION.
Sixty out of 1.6 BILLION people. According to my Excel spreadsheet, that gives you odds of about 1 in 27,000,000 of dying from the Bird Flu.
Those are lotto odds, people. Even if it were 1000 people, or 10,000 people, it would still be lotto odds.
Don’t worry about the Bird Flu. Worry about eating healthy and wearing your safety belts while driving.
