Swine / Mexican flu on the rise…

Moody’s estimated in a research note on Tuesday that the global macroeconomic impact of a mild flu pandemic could cost 1.4m lives and reduce global gross domestic product by 0.8 per cent or $330bn.
FT.com

Made me think of:

He is my favorite survivalist … and a teacher of primitive-living skills. … I knew, of course, that I didn’t need three years of beans in my house, but I took the lesson: it’s not the worst thing in the world to have a couple of weeks of food and water on hand, just in case a natural or man-made emergency is more than FEMA can handle.
The Atlantic

Think I’m going shopping tonight