[Maelstrom]

I just did.

Morbidity rates from influenza in contemporary times 1980's on before the flu shots were low double digits or single digits per 100,000.

[Lee'sGhost]

"I just did. "

I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were the authority.

"Morbidity rates from influenza in contemporary times 1980's on before the flu shots were low double digits or single digits per 100,000."

Uh, turn that into hard numbers and we're only talking about 26 million people, but what the hey.

I CAN tell you this, if the strain turns out to be something like the Spanish flu and nobody gets a flu shot, we can count on about 40 million fatalities worldwide. I don't know, turn that into a rate and you might think it's acceptable.

Here's some info from some folks who actually do this for a living that you might be interested in.

http://www.eswi.org/The_case_for_routine_influenza_immunisation_for_children.cfm