Billions on defense and can't even protect us against the flu?

How will they ever protect us from any type of biological or Chemical attack from them pesky terrorists?

That will, no doubt, solve the problem.

Bryant
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1918 a flu epidemic swept across the world, killing more than 20 million people — more than had been killed in the First World War. In 1968 a pandemic killed more than 800,000 and in 1989 flu was responsible for an extra 29,000 deaths in two months.

Deaths from Flu: 63,730 annual deaths for influenza and pneumonia (NVSR Sep 2001); estimated 20,000 deaths from flu (NIAID)
Cause of death rank: 7th leading cause of death in 1999 and 2000 is "pneumonia/influenza" (CDC)
Deaths information for Flu: An estimated 100,000 hospitalizations and about 20,000 deaths occur each year from the flu or its complications.1 ... average of 20,000 to 40,000 deaths per year.2 ... in the United States more than 100,000 people are hospitalized and more than 20,000 people die from the flu and its complications every year.3 ... In an average year, flu leads to about 20,000 deaths nationwide and many more hospitalizations.4
Average life years lost from Flu: 9.5 years