During a garden variety flu season 40,000 to 60,000 Americans die every year of the flu. This year the figure is 97,000 because people already dying of other conditions are included in the flu deaths statistics. Why? To put pressure on the president. The economy plunges and unemployment soars. If the Democrats do win the election the flu will drop from the news after January, when they are sworn in. Maybe even the day after they win, this November. If they win.