I'm predicting that the stock market will drop precipitously this month.
Fun Facts:
Here is the list of countries that have reported cases of bird flu infection since 2003:
-- Austria
-- Azerbaijan
-- Bosnia and Herzegovina
-- Bulgaria
-- Cambodia (human cases confirmed)
-- China (human cases confirmed)
-- Croatia
-- Cyprus
-- Egypt
-- France
-- Germany
-- Greece
-- Hungary
-- India
-- Indonesia (human cases confirmed)
-- Iran
-- Iraq (human cases confirmed)
-- Italy
-- Japan
-- Kazakhstan
-- Kuwait
-- Laos
-- Malaysia
-- Mongolia
-- Niger
-- Nigeria
-- Poland
-- Pakistan
-- Romania
-- Russia
-- Serbia and Montenegro
-- Slovakia
-- Slovenia
-- South Korea
-- Sweden
-- Switzerland
-- Thailand (human cases confirmed)
-- Turkey (human cases confirmed)
-- Ukraine
-- Vietnam (human cases confirmed)
On 28th February there were 35 countries on this list. That is an increase of 5 in just one week.
The number of fatalities reported each month from bird flu has risen since October 2005, reaching 11 in February, the highest monthly total since February 2004, when the virus is reported to have killed 14 people in Thailand and Vietnam. At least 94 of the 174 people known to be infected with the bird flu since late 2003 have died (54%).
