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.
5% to 20%-- Percentage of the U.S. population that will get the flu, on average, each year. 200,000-- Average number of Americans hospitalized each year because of problems with the illness. 3,000 to 49,000-- Number of people who die each year from flu-related causes in the U.S. $10 billion+-- Average costs of hospitalizations and outpatient doctor visits related to the flu. 1 to 4 days --Typical time it takes for symptoms to show up once you've caught the virus.