Don't know if Taiwan will fare better in the coming Avian flu epidemic (I'd like to think so, esp. in light of how they handled SARS), but it looks like it's going to be really bad. Like Black Plague bad. At least there are no huge caches of handguns and other firearms here; I'd hate to be in Florida when this hits. While using the military may be a good idea in the US, it seems a bit short-sighted as soldiers are in the prime risk age group to get hit, and may only serve as a further spread vector. Hard to know what to think.