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Swine Flu: Pathology of a Pandemic

Unlike SARS, avian flu or ebola, swine flu has gone truly global. Confronted by the 21st century’s first pandemic, how scared should we be?

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Sangkar Roy 2009-08-31 06:30:38
Antibiotic
H1N1 virus is very dangerous for human being and its antibiotic may be more costly and unavailable. But how many days it will be available?
Barnaby Dawson 2009-07-02 11:50:22
Underlying health conditions
One error in your otherwise good article: "...those who die almost always have underlying chronic conditions..."

The WHO states that 1/3 to 1/2 of people dying so far have no underlying health condition (and many of the remainder only have asthma). Many people dying so far are healthy young adults. Even 2/3 I wouldn't describe as "almost all".
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