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. (In chronological order) Divine Sadist Creates Parasite Birds Carry Virus Around Globe Mutation Starts Pandemic Vaccine Runs Out Five Million Die of Bird Flu Ten Million Gather for Day of Prayer 20 Million Dead Medical Industry Blamed Bush Blamed Preacher Blamed Donald Duck Blamed God Blamed A Great Evil Allowed, Reason Mysterious Another Flu, Another War

zodiac 13-Nov-05/7:17 AM
She might be saying people will pay to cure themselves when they're sick, but not to eliminate disease altogether when it doesn't affect them. Like eliminating the "minor 5" diseases in Africa (malaria, typhoid, and I forget the rest), which kill more Africans than AIDS but would require a smaller investment to totally eliminate than what we currently spend fighting AIDS in Africa.




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