Insight as to which job would be best to have in the event of an H5N1 Pandemic?

As far as I know, none of us here have lived through a pandemic of such magnitude for which there was no current cure. So, I don't know what more you would expect us to relate. The best I could relate would be complete speculation in relation to the job I have now, and I did that. Several others did the same or mentioned how bad their jobs would be, and added to the scope by relating that what they did at home was just as potentially dangerous in regards to contracting Bird Flu as from their workplace.

If I were going to go off-the-wall I would list the ultimate job as Astronaut on the Space Station, or Antarctic Research Scientist, but those could very well be equally as deadly for other reasons, and that's just sillyness.

Did you want to expand the scope of a discussion of surviving a H5N1 Pandemic beyond jobs into preparation or do you have something else in mind?

In the mean time I'm going to go over the pros and cons of each of my pocket knives again... LOL

Regarding 12 to 18 months... The current line of thinking based on the study of other pandemics is that a Bird Flu Pandemic, if it should reach a point of human to human transmission, would come in 3 waves and last up to 3 years. Economically it will be devastating, so I can't think of too many jobs that will remain viable in such a situation.

Soldier perhaps?

I don't know.