Especially Bad Flu Season

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    Especially Bad Flu Season

    posted at 1/11/2013 9:52 AM EST

    http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/health/flu-widespread-leading-a-range-of-winters-ills.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130110&_r=0   

    I usually don't worry much about these things...but I hope this is not going to be like the Flu Pandemic of 1918.

     

     

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    Re: Especially Bad Flu Season

    posted at 1/19/2013 6:37 PM EST

    http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/17/business/flublok-a-flu-vaccine-wins-fda-approval.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130118&_r=1

    NEW RAPIDLY PRODUCED FLU VACCINE WINS FDA APPROVAL
    It is not grown in chicken eggs, so it could be ready weeks earlier than the conventional flu vaccine in the event of a pandemic. And it would be safe for people with severe egg/chicken allergies.

     

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