Anyone who receives an email telling them to send it to everyone they know should delete it immediately, whether it's about a virus that will kill your PC, some outrageous new government policy or mutant chickens created by McDonalds. It is rumour-mongering that works the same way as viral marketing. Treat it with the suspicion and contempt it deserves.

Copy and paste some of it into a search engine with quote marks around it and you will most likely find a website showing you why you have wasted your time even opening it and giving it a second thought.