[lovecraft]

I wonder how many people die annually of the plain-jane Influenza that we get flu shots for every year?

The number I heard floating around is 36,000. 36k people die every year from the normal garden variety flu each year in the USA. I've seen sites that says it almost twice that, but the 36k is what I've heard on several news reports.

[DoughtyOne]

The CDC makes this assessment: (36,000 is spot on)

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/us_flu-related_deaths.htm