Reply #6: If you live in the US, you will likely escape

[Warpy]

If you live in the rest of the developed world, you will likely escape. Flu vaccines will be available for those most at risk, and possibly for everyone else, as well. While it may not eliminate the disease in the first world, it will cut down on the number of deaths.

The last flu pandemic killed nearly 10% of us. This will probably be increased in the third world, where people are already weakened by hunger and other diseases.

China has been working to contain the avian flu there, and diseased birds are being culled in the first world, too. However, there's only so much to do to contain Mother Nature, and the jump to swine probably means the next jump is to human beings. We may be able to slow the process, but we won't be able to stop it.