Dengue virus is sweeping the globe:
At least 127,000 people have been infected by dengue so far this year along an arc that stretches from eastern India through the Indonesian archipelago, with at least 990 deaths, the health authorities say.
If a mosquito bites a person with dengue, the mosquito can pass the virus to the next person it bites. If that person flies to another country with mosquitoes, he or she can unknowingly spread the virus even further. - nytimes
Avian flu has only killed 50-odd people across Asia since 2003. Normal influenza kills 100 people a people a year in New Zealand alone. Perhaps we should forego the Tamiflu at $75 a shot and start mosquito eradication programs instead.