<p>momma-three - I agree, but there has to be more to it. Usually the annual flu does not have this age group (with the exception of the very young) as a high risk group.</p>
<p>The curve of influenza deaths by age at death has historically, for at least 150 years, been U-shaped (Figure 2), exhibiting mortality peaks in the very young and the very old, with a comparatively low frequency of deaths at all ages in between. </p>
<p>From [1918</a> Influenza Pandemic | CDC EID](<a href=“http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no01/05-0979.htm]1918”>http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no01/05-0979.htm)</p>
<p>If you receive an e-mail from the Dep’t of Health telling you not to eat pork from cans because of the swine flu; ignore it, it’s just spam.</p>