Wikis are starting to enter mainstream life.  A Virginia woman, Melanie Mattson, worried about Bird Flu puts up a wiki on the net. A wiki is an efficient way to gather, store and disseminate information and its this sort of community lead activity that will propagate the idea of collaboration and community from grass roots through to corporations.

China's forth human death keeps bird flu as a world threat paramount. Several months ago, bird flu became the western media scare of the day. Then it subsided. But the birds kept flying. People are still being infected. Human to human transmission keeps occurring. Bird flu, in birds, now stretches from Indonesia through Russia and China on through the Middle East to England and Ireland.In humans, its all China, Vietnam, and Indonesia

In Ukraine the Parliament and President have declared a state of emergency. In Indonesia, it seems human to human transmission is increasing. In China, human infections have escaped official attention until people die. The flu may yet mutate to a mild flu. But the threat of this virus remains strong, real and growing.