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Old 25-January-2007, 11:33 PM
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...there is an increase in "activity" of influenza reported in five countries...Greece, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Spain and Switzerland...so far, this year's cases have primarily been of the H3 strain of influenza A...there is "significantly higher mortality" associated with the A H3 virus compared with the B virus... Breitbart
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I have only one thing to say...if it's the Flu that wipes out mankind, I'm going to be pretty disappointed.
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Old 27-January-2007, 07:38 PM
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Well, there's certainly no dearth of alternate means.
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Music legend B.B. King, 81, is in stable condition...with a low grade (100.4) fever, the result of a recent bout with the flu...is being treated with antibiotics...Doctors expect to release King tomorrow after which he’ll take a few days rest before returning to work on Tuesday, January 30th... bbking
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