WHEN somebody as successful as entrepreneur Bill Gates makes a bold prediction about the future, it might pay dividends to sit up and take notice.
Unfortunately on this occasion the Microsoft founder recently told the Massachusetts Medical Society there is a "significant probability" more that 3 million people could die from a flu pandemic unless preventative measures are undertaken.
"The next epidemic could originate on the computer screen of a terrorist intent on using genetic engineering to create a synthetic version of the smallpox virus or deadly strain of the flu," Gates warned.
Despite his dire health forecast, Gates asserts he is "typically an optimist", geeze, we'd hate to hear what Billy has to say when he feels a bit down in the dumps!
Buzzfeed recently posted a humorous list of the top 20 traits exhibited by nurses.
Some of the characteristics posited included: Having no problem talking about any kind of bodily fluid while eating, the reliability of nurses to possess medical items such as syringes and medical tape, the only person you can trust to text a photo to when you get a weird rash, and, naturally, an abundance of "banana stories" that have happened to them at work.
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