It depends how the media expresses the facts and the perception...

It depends how the media expresses the facts and the perception understood. I guess recent bird flu talk is the big BOO that gains the attention of lemmings.

Oil highs, Bali bombings and south-east Asia bird flu since 2003 still has had no reversal on overall PCP numbers.

When the insurgent bombings in Iraq attracted the attention of the media MAP coincidently took hits until repeated traffic statistical PCP increases showed that an exploding bomb in Iraq did not = a PCP reversal.

Most avian influenza cases in Indonesia have been reported among patients who had direct contact with poultry, uncooked poultry, poultry waste or who live in areas where poultry are present. However, it seems some old Asian farmers seem to have immunity, show no symptoms, but show evidence of being exposed. Their lack of symptoms has been explained by exposure to previous strains.

Like an insurance policy that may or may not be use, the Feds are still stockpiling the vaccine. The current batch would give the immune system a head start and hopefully like the old Asian farmers' immunity.