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Only 10% of the world lives in the S. Hemisphere Printed From: Avian Flu Talk Category: Main Forums Forum Name: General Discussion Forum Description: (General discussion regarding the next pandemic) URL: http://www.avianflutalk.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=24598 Printed Date: April 30 2024 at 10:05am Topic: Only 10% of the world lives in the S. Hemisphere Posted By: jacksdad Subject: Only 10% of the world lives in the S. Hemisphere Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 11:01am    Skyrick over at our sister Swine Flu site raised a very good point about the distribution of the world's population that I've never seen mentioned before. At present the death toll in the Southern Hemisphere - halfway through their flu season, and with only 10% of the global population - already rivals what the Northern Hemisphere has seen since the outbreak began in the spring. And this during the first wave - traditionally much milder that the second wave we can expect soon. Given that we have 9 times more people, and many of those people not only live closer together but are much more dependent on technology than in the south, surely this has to play a huge role in the way the virus will affect us in the fall. ------------- "Buy it cheap. Stack it deep" "Any community that fails to prepare, with the expectation that the federal government will come to the rescue, will be tragically wrong." Michael Leavitt, HHS Secretary.

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