Flu pandemic could kill 63,700.
Not 63,702?
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The comments thread on the story is interesting. Scots are as cynical as Americans.
Heh, I was just thinking the same thing, Melanie.
"the death toll could be between 10,200 and 63,700."
Well they certainly have the number nailed down, don't they?
I guess it can't be 10, 199.