Musclecar prices and the possible recession

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Can someone with a health background explain something to me? The common flu kills 250,000 to 500,000 people worldwide and 36,000 people in the US annually. Pretty much every four years for the last 20 plus years we have had a major viral outbreak similar to this virus but it just seems this one they are going overboard with it. Why is this virus any different than any of the last 10 we have had and correct me if I am wrong, they are all pretty much similar in fatalities to the common flu or oddly enough even much less. I am beginning to believe this is just another way for the media to gain viewership and ratings. The last bad virus was the H1N1 virus and that 'only' killed 12,500 people in the US in a year which is 1/3 what the common flu kills every year. What am I missing here????