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An estimated 100,000 Swedes are currently sick with the flu, with swine flu responsible for the largest number of cases, having claimed six lives so far this year, health authorities report.
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I heard that they also recommend that people buy flight tickets to Poland because this is the closest civilized place where you can see a doctor if you are sick.
Ha ha ha ha, to think of all those suckers who stood obediently for hours in line to get their shots, just 'cause the nanny state said so. Bunch of obedient nutcases, bet that half of them caught a cold just waiting for their turn in the freezing weather.
Even if this turns out to be not too bad (fingers crossed) it presents some fascinating conundrums - 2009/10 to 2013 is over three years and vaccine efficacy, variant virus and testing may all be affected. The long expected viral pandemic may be just around the corner - and it could be Saudi SARS of course which may have been superbly disseminated by the pilgrims returning from the 2012 Hajj...