bird flu

So this morning I'm doing my usual train tube tube journey to work, crossing London from south east to west and to my surprise I discover that we are in the middle of a health crisis that if you believe the headlines is going to wipe out half the population of the earth. I discover that there has been an outbreak of swine flu. Never heard that one before, but apparently it's highly contagious and the WHO (World Health Organization) have said it has the potential to reach pandemic levels.