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H1N1 season passing quietly

Iowa City Press Citizen | “(The response) shows we can go from discovering a new strain to finding a vaccine in a short amount of time,” he said. “That aspect of it went well. ...

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The H1N1 flu pandemic that swept through the region and the nation and made millions of people sick, appears to have abated before the end of the traditional flu season, according experts I talked to for my story on the flu in yesterday's Sun. There also appears to be little traditional flu going around.And while, public health officials aren't ready to declare the flu totally gone -- a DC-area man died in late February -- they are saying that they don't see a big new wave, at least in areas that were hard hit already. So many people have had the flu or gotten the vaccine that we may have something of a herd immunity going. About a third of people normally get the flu vaccine and more than that are estimated to have gotten the traditional flu shots this year.
The H1N1 flu pandemic that swept through the region and the nation and made millions of people sick, appears to have abated before the end of the traditional flu season, according experts I talked to for my story on the flu in yesterday's Sun. There also appears to be little traditional flu going around.And while, public health officials aren't ready to declare the flu totally gone -- a DC-area man died in late February -- they are saying that they don't see a big new wave, at least in areas that were hard hit already. So many people have had the flu or gotten the vaccine that we may have something of a herd immunity going. About a third of people normally get the flu vaccine and more than that are estimated to have gotten the traditional flu shots this year.... Open »
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