A Friendly Reminder

So far this year, like every year, the regular old flu has killed thousands more people than the Panic of the Moment Animal Flu.

The More You Know!

A Puzzle

Why is that many of the people who talk the loudest and the longest about "bravery" and "toughness" and so on were the first people to completely panic about terrorists and demand, say, pointless and intrusive searches, wars with unrelated countries, and generally bombing the crap out of other people, just so they can feel safer from the Magical Supervillain Terrorists?

(And yes, I know several possible answers. I'm mostly being rhetorical here)