The flu: did you know

Ok so everyone is going crazy about this swine flu but did you know the
stats of the regular flu. There are 2 im only going to mention.

1. In the United States alone the regular strain of flu kills
30,000-40,000 people A YEAR

2. World wide, the regular strain of flu kills around HALF a MILLION
people A YEAR

Now that is something to be concerned about. But you don't see schools
shutting down when someone has the plain-jane-regular flu.