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The Flu versus Anthrax
Annual U.S. Deaths Due to the Flu: approx 36,000.
Annual U.S. Deaths Due to Anthrax: ~1.
Spending on R&D to fight Flu: $283 million.
Spending on R&D to fight Anthrax and other biological agents: $5.6 billion.
Posted by Alex Tabarrok on October 18, 2004 at 07:30 AM in Science | Permalink
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