[VeritatisSplendor]

while the risk of contracting influenza and dying if a person is not vaccinated is about one in 1,000

This number cannot posibly be right. There are over 100 million people in the US who will not get flu shots this year, no way are over 100 thousand of them going to die from flu. This is just a lie.

[ClearCase_guy]

Good catch. I swear most statistics are just made up on the fly and/or transmitted by people who haven't got a clue.

[Sloth]

It specifies people over 65... but 1 in 1,000 still sounds too high.

[xeno]

From the CDC website: How many people have died, so far, during this flu season? The average number of deaths each year from influenza in the U.S. is approximately 20,000.

[fone]

FWIW: Last summer I was having a casual conversation with a doctor (subject was West Nile) he was miffed at the media for focusing on a handful of deaths and he stated about "10,000" die from influenza in the US each year. That sounds about right to me.

[ApesForEvolution]

Shhhh. You're going to ruin lots of good propaganda. With vaccinations the race will die out...