Don't know if this is just a sick coincidence but....
2007 - Chinese year of the Chicken - Bird Flu Pandemic
devastates parts of Asia
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2008 - Chinese year of the Horse - Equine Influenza
decimates Australian racing
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2009 - Chinese year of the Pig - Swine Flu Pandemic
kills hundreds of pigs around the globe.
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It gets worse........
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next year......
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2010 - Chinese year of the Cock - what could possibly go
wrong?