Today, in the United States more and more people are using plastic to pay for their purchases at restaurants, businesses, and retail outlets. Even those who are paying with ATM cards are using plastic rather than paper money or coins. Consider if you well the vulnerability of our populations using paper money in the middle of a swine flu pandemic in the United States.

In a major outbreak, people will be afraid to go to the stores even to buy groceries, and if they end up paying for those groceries with cash they have to be very careful that they are not coming in contact with the virus. This is a serious condition and reality of paper money. Viruses are extremely small and can easily sit on the fibers of the paper waiting for their next victim.

You have no idea who touched that money last. In fact, a recent study showed that 90% of the $100 bills being used in America had some traces of cocaine on them. That is a rather scary thought; at one time within the last 20 transactions that hundred dollar bill was in the hands of someone making a drug deal.

Just imagine how many people handled at $100 bill in the last 20 transactions? During a major flu pandemic, where are 20% of the population are infected to a serious degree, that means only five people would've had to handle that one hundred dollar bill for it to have flu virus on it.

Are you beginning to see the serious nature of this problem? Paper money could be the downfall of America if we are not careful, so maybe it is good that everyone is paying with plastic and electronic transactions these days. Please consider all this.