Will the world work together to solve the possible bird flu pandemic? The deadly H5N1 flu strain (bird flu), first surfaced in 1997 in Hong Kong, since then the virus has spread throughout Asia making its way to the western world. At least 150 people have been hospitalized with the H5N1, and between December 2003 and January 2006, 78 people are known to have died from H5N1. (Global, Jan 16, 2006, pg.1) Due to the fact that the virus is spreading and all countries can potentially be infected with the virus, the H5N1 strain is therefore a public good because it is non-rival and non excludable. In other words, the fact that Asian countries are the ones that are infected with the virus does not mean that other continents are excluded from the infection, because the disease is spreading. The virus is also not limited, meaning that, just because 78 people have already died from the virus does not take away from the number of other people that could potentially die as a result of the......

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Title: Collective Action
Approximate Word Count: 1989
Approximate Pages: 8 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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