[1] C. Northcote Parkinson, Parkinson's Law Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1957.

[2] CBC National News, Sept 14/04.

[3] The study was released Oct. 27/04, and reported by most major news media the next day. I'm using two stories from the Oct.28/04 National Post for reference. "MD crisis going to get worse" by Tom Blackwell starts on pg A1, "Younger MD's less willing to work long hours" by Heather Solokoff is on pg A11.

[4] Andy Turnbull, "Research team studies virus cancer" Kingston Whig Standard Apr 3/65.

[5] Harvard Working Group on New and Resurgent Diseases "Globalization, development and the spread of disease," The Case Against the Global Economy, pg 165.

[6] ibid.

[7] Marlene Cimons, "West Nile Virus Settling Down for a Long Stay Threat: Experts predict the mosquito-borne disease will spread throughout the U.S.," Los Angeles Times 11/27/2000, Home Edition, pg S1.

[8] Joshua Feldman, "Mystery illness kills 9 Chinese farmers, WHO officials say," The Globe and Mail, July 25/05, pg A5. On July 26, CTV News said that at least 19 had died.

[9] The flu scare in Hong Kong is described in the article "The Flu Hunters" by Eric Larson in the Canadian issue of Time Magazine, Feb 23/98, pp 30-40.

[10] Larson, pg 33. See also, Laurie Garrett, The Coming Plague Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1994, pg 157.

[11] "A dangerous mix: The facts about bird flu", National Post, Mar 9/05, pg A15. See also Mark Kennedy, "World urged to prepare for deadly flu pandemic," National Post Jan 26/05, pg A3. See also Armando D'Andrea, "Toronto's flu toll could hit 914,000, city hall warned," National Post, May 18/05, pg A12.

[12] Laurie Garrett, The Coming Plague, Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1994, pp 53-60.

[13] Mail and Guardian online, Aug 7/05, www.mg.co.za.

[14] Laurie Garrett, The Coming Plague, Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1994, pg 598.

[15] Or worse. In the world of clashing systems the outbreak of a plague might be seen as a terrorist attack, and it might spark a war that could see the use of both biological and nuclear weapons.