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Old 01-18-2015, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by bimmertl View Post
Worry about the flu, which kills over 5,000 a year in the US and is easily spread, and get over Ebola.

26 children have died from flu as outbreak widens
That is because so many people are affected with the flu. The percentage of people affected with the flu who die is very small compared with the percentage of people who die from Ebola .Most sources say 70 to 90 percent.



http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm

http://www.bing.com/search?q=percent...60e1&FORM=QBLH
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