Warp schrieb:
>   I don't think that comparison is valid. There is precedent for dangerous
> influenza pandemics killing staggering amounts of people. For example the
> 1918 flu pandemic ("Spanish flu") killed over 50 million people. The Hong
> Kong flu killed about one million people in 1969. The Asian flu killed
> about 2 million people in 1958.

There are people claiming that /vaccinations/ were the actual cause of 
the Spanish Flu pandemy.

>   I remember one year when terrorist attacks alone killed many thousands
> of people.

Despite every one of these deaths being one too many, they are far 
outnumbered by - for instance - those falling victim to the tobacco 
industry even /every day/.

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