The flu has a chance of being lethal for the very young and the old this year.
As long as you add 'the stupid' into the mix, I'll call it worthwhile. I think we could use a good plague or two. It's solvew a lot of problems if half the people on the planet would up and die.
Whatever happened to that whole AIDS thing killing off tons of people, anyway? HIV seems to be dragging its feet a lot. Hell, I'm 32 and I can remember being in jr. high making plans to enjoy watching all the non-condom using bastards flopping on the sidewalk like fish out of water.