BIRD FLU UPDATE: Hugh Hewitt points to an article from the Times of London reporting that Bird Flu is closing in on Europe. He also notes this worrisome article from Foreign Affairs.

But if you really want to worry, then you should note what InstaPundit reader Joseph Beaulieu did — a report that one of the books President Bush is reading on vacation is John Barry’s The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History. Uh oh.