Is the world on the verge of a global pandemic of Swine Flu? Maybe we are, but is it such a bad thing? The worst flu pandemic killed 50 million people in 1918 - 1919; that's about 3% of the World's population at the time. If this Swine Flu were to be as devastating the death toll would be about 200 million worldwide.
So, would that be a sufficient reduction in the human race to have an effect on Global Warming? Probably not, but it does mystify me that scientists put so much effort into preventing loss of life when it is the abundance of human life on our planet that is having such a devastating effect on Earth's biosphere. Go figure!
Enough ranting here are your Monday's teasers: -
- Who was born today in 1822 and became the 18th President of the United States in 1869?
- Actor Jack Klugman (right) was born today in 1922 and played which Medical Examiner on TV from 1976 to 1983?
- Who was born today in 1737 and wrote "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"?
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