So far, the cumulative number of deaths in the United States has surpassed the death toll from the 1919 pandemic and the combined death toll from World War I, World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War, Iraq war and Afghanistan war. "It's a slaughter," says William Fogg, an American epidemiologist and former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mehdi Hasan hit back at complacency in the United States over the slower pace of than in the summer, even as the cumulative number of confirmed cases and deaths continues to accelerate.

More than a hundred million e-mails are sent around the world each day, and they are all vulnerable to interception. digital technology has aided communication, but it has also given rise to the possibility of those communications being monitored. according to zimmermann, cryptographers have a duty to encourage the use of encryption and thereby protect the privacy of the individual. —the code book, simon singh what is the purpose of the statistic in this passage? it shows how big the need is for protection. it explains that email is an effective form of communication. it gives new ways to monitor email traffic. it illustrates how popular email has become.