What if it really happens?
Gold, treasuries and drug stocks will inevitably profit - says an article dealing with the business side of Avian Flu in Business Week. It turns out that the losers would be businesses associated with heavy coming and going: travel, mass sport events, cinemas, theatres, shopping malls, big retail-centers, commuting, anything that draws large numbers of people.
The winners could be traditional safe savings forms: gold, treasury papers, plus anything that helps you to do business with a minimal risk of contacting people and objects carrying the deadly virus: telecommuting, telework, telecommunication.

At the sam time it is important to note that tt may be only a matter of time before bird flu hits the world of commerce; and not because of a real pandemic, but because of psychology of business. Commerce is based on confidence to a large extent, so if people lose their confidence say in the safety of certain places and/oor activities, they'll simply ignore it - if they can.