B)How many people have contracted the common flu in that time span?
C) How many people have died from the common flu in the time span?
According to todays Daily Mail count, SIX people have died. Thats probably fewer than have died of overdoses. The next time a third-world country develops a virus, the first thing that should be done is to ban all travel to and from that country. Putting the entire country under an immediate quarantine would be a strong incentive to get your country into the 21st century.
D) How sick did they get?