FROM THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL

[jose v]

When I hear of "flu outbreaks" like this, I like to remind myself how many people die each year from the flu virus. This is from the CDC website:

"About 36,000 Americans die on average per year from the complications of flu."

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/disease.htm

That's an average of around 100 people per day. If you published that statistic, you could call it a pandemic...

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