Swine flu remains widespread in California but is abating

Published Dec. 25, 2009 at 2:49 a.m.
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...California is one of only seven states where H1N1 influenza is still widespread, but a variety of indicators suggest that this wave of the pandemic is abating even here, Dr. Mark Horton, director of the state Department of Public Health, said at a news conference Thursday.





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Posted by: shamed person on H1N1 Blog on Jan. 12, 2010 at 2:40 p.m.
lol its kinda funny that some people still think that this propaganda wasn't VERY lucrative for the pharmatical industries. Seriously... its a FLU nothing more if you die from this it only means that you would have died from anything else very soon... when I listen to you I'm shamed of being a part of this humanity.


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