This week’s “Briefing” by the numbers:
18,000 people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with whooping cough so far this year, despite the fact the there is a vaccine to prevent it. Herd mentality. If the entire herd is not immunized, the entire herd becomes vulnerable.
$446 million paid to farmers from their insurance carriers as a result of this year’s drought.
93,000 Twitter users started following Mitt Romney – all on the same day, Saturday, July 21. Some speculate that he bought them. Before Saturday, Romney only had an average of 3,500 Twitter followers.
18,200 British military personnel are involved in security at the 2012 London Olympics.
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