OUR VIEW : Still a threat
The flu goes to camp
Posted: August 4, 2009 at 6:58 a.m.
The Centers for Disease Control reports that, from mid-April through late July, 5,011 Americans had been hospitalized and 302 Americans had died because of swine flu, also known as the H1N1 virus. That sounds like a lot until you consider that seasonal flu is responsible for 36,000 deaths per year.
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Opinion, Pages 5 on 08/04/2009
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