katysails wrote:

In the total scheme of things, that is not a lot. 3 million people die
every year of tuberculosis. Are you in a panic over that? Approximately
300,000 per year still die of whooping cough....

Who's in a panic? Just pointing out the facts maam. Certainly TB is a more serious disease than the flu, and some people are in panic about it,
particularly in the US. You guys have a veritable epidemic going on down there, it's not safe to ride the subway in NYC, if some dope addict doesn't
cough on you, one runs the risk of being stabbed, shot, mugged, even deafened by some idiot with a boom box the size of a Volkswagon. The one thing
that won't happen is that you will get sat on by Chuckles, he can't make it through the stiles.

Cheers
Marty