It takes time to ramp up production on large scale projects. The lag could be up to six months.

We could be easily overwhelmed.

You can do a lot to protect yourself by using hand hygiene, cough etiquette and staying home if you have a fever.

In the next few weeks we will see a lot of it.

Due to factors beyond our control, we escaped a major epidemic _ for the time being, anyway.

We're seeing a lot of influenza, more than in recent years. This is a very big year.

It's very active, much more than normal.

What a difference a year has made. The positive rise in gold prices means that suddenly you are looking at a very different set of circumstances.

The reserve play effect will allow the South African gold mining industry to mine a larger ore reserve compared to last year when it was constrained by costs and price pressures.

There is no way at this time that we can even plan for this epidemic.

It looks definitely that we are way out of the ordinary. My prediction is that this will be a big flu season. It's all over Northern California.

If you are between 5 and 60, you may be as sick as a dog, but you will recover. It's the very young and very old who don't have that immunity that are at risk.