Flu: WHO Raises Threat Level To 4

Via email from Pundita. Here is what level 4 means and how it might have an economic impact. More here via a Drudge link.

LEVEL 4 - characterized by verified human-to-human transmission of an animal or human-animal influenza reassortant virus able to cause community-level outbreaks.

Concern about the impact on global economic activity starts to weigh on the wider equity market. Mark Bon, fund manager at Canada Life in London, estimates an upgrade to level 4 would see stock markets suffer a sudden sharp drop of 7 percent.

Relative performance of stock markets could be determined by their economies' exposure to infected countries and by their stock piles of relevant drugs and vaccines. 

Further flight to the most liquid bond markets, with curve steepening seen on the cards as investors are expected to favour the front end and cash-like short-term bills. David Keeble, head of fixed income research at Calyon in London, says any WHO upgrade of the alert level could see 10-year Bund and Treasury yields fall about 20-30 basis points within days of such move. 

Yen and dollar expected to continue to strengthen, particularly against higher-yielding currencies as above. Any concern about renewed stress in the financial sector will stoke speculation cash could be pulled back to the United States to bolster balance sheets in a rerun of what happened during the financial crisis.

Comments

[WBestPresidentEver]

Vacations will be canceled, airlines will suffer, the pork and beef industries will suffer, and in Mexico the churches will suffer, no attendence, no collections plates, all the activites scheduled were cancelled.
I think this was all planned. Too many wierd things continue to just happen. Too many coincidences all the time. Enough already. Enough coverups already.
I trust no one in any government anymore. Nana !

[mark l.]

http://www.bloodbook.com/world-abo.html
interesting breakdown of bloodtype.

there are an additional 600 antigens tied to racial heritage.

Latin America is almost exclusively type O.
Pathology indicates that the immune system explodes in response, saturating the lungs with mucus and inflammation.
perhaps it is a failure to recognize the specific virus, and the entire immune system 'panics'.

Some advice?
next time you go to the doctor, tell him you are going to a wedding in mexico...
if he doesn't offer you tamiflu on the spot, beg him for it. I have 3 regimens in my stockpile.

Tamiflu?
From personal experience, it works like a silver bullet. It's the sh*t.

[WBestPresidentEver]

No way I would take anything conjured up by our government. It will probably kill you like back in the 70's. Not trust in government. They do not care about WE THE PEOPLE.