MINDBLOWING IN-MOTION TIMELINE OF WORLDWIDE SPREAD OF BIRD FLU

MSNBC has a truly remarkable in-motion timeline of how the bird flu virus has spread around the world over the past three years, showing the sometimes freakishly dramatic spread of the virus amongst poultry, as well as a tally of the human bird flu infections and confirmed deaths.

It's done as an animation on a world map, and it has fare more impact than simply reading disparate reports of where the H5N1 virus has cropped up recently. It really puts the virus spread in perspective....too much perspective.

But keep your eye on what happens to Russia and China in August 2005. The virus spreads across these massive countries in a few short weeks, not months.

Very dramatic.

Well worth checking out.