Aleximus . # .

Pandem/onia: Cam: good call on the impact of the medieval plagues.

On the matter of the flu pandemics, they have been regular events through history (the first recorded one was about 1580). The rule of thumb is that for every bad one, there are two milder ones, corresponding roughly to the big 1918 Spanish flu outbreak, and the milder 1956 and 1967 pandemics)

So, for once the media is not making stuff up. This virus is currently killing about 50 percent of those admitted to hospital.  In an economy that has grown acustomed to \"just in time\" production and delivery, a critical shortfall of workers could spell the end of the current phase of globalisation.

Aleximus