Basically, the placement of your crew weight is used to control the angle of pitch (fore and aft) and the angle of the heel of the boat. This is a balancing of static forces. The more skilled crews also use it to help propel the boat. This is a balancing of dynamic forces. Let us consider the static forces first.
Don't Believe Everything You Read About Flu Deaths. Flu results in about 250,000 to 500,000 yearly deaths worldwide, Wikipedia tells us. The typical estimate is 36,000 [deaths] a year in the United States, reports NBC, citing the Centers for Disease Control. Somewhere between 4,000 and 8,000 Canadians a year die of influenza and its related complications, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Globe and Mail says, adding that Those numbers are controversial because they are estimates.
State health officials said that 32 people under 65 died last week of the flu, making it the deadliest week this season so far. In total, 74 people under age 65 have died of the flu since October, compared with 14 at the same time last year. Advertisement The current flu season is dominated by a strain of Influenza A known as H3N2, which is often a poor match for the influenza vaccine and tends to be deadlier than other strains.