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Old 04-29-09, 12:37 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by A Very Super Market View Post
Stop being paranoid. 30,000 people die of normal influenza in the US in a regular year. Swine flu has managed to kill only 20, and the majority of patients survive. This isn't massive respiratory collapse, this is just a slightly stronger flu.

The death toll has been overstated. I'm suspecting some panic here and over-reaction. The 1976 outbreak at Fort Dix NJ appeared and dissappeared in a month.
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