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	How many people die of flu every year? How many died of swineflu so far?

petercasier

4-28-2009 3:23 PM

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swineflu, cdc, pandemic, health

petercasier says:

Sometimes it is good to put things a bit into perspective

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4-28-2009 3:57 PM

wiccantexan

Part of the perspective is that the swine flu is a mutation that is a cause for greater concern, one reason being that the U.S. deaths are targeting not the higher-risk groups, but younger healthy adults.

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