And not long after that, all 7 billion people on earth will be...

And not long after that, all 7 billion people on earth will be infected, at 5% infection rate that will mean 350 million people dead, and then the rest of us (assuming we are not in the 350 million) can get on with our lives.

If the rate of penetration of mobile phones had continued to increase at the rate it was increasing in 2000 we would all have 6 phones by now. In fact, if we collect up all the mobile phones from the 350 million dead people we would be in a position to increase Telstra's profit in the year 2005 by enough that the tax they pay would allow us all to retire in luxury.

Assuming you find living with dead people all over the place luxurious.