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Dec 30, 2009 

The Pharmaceutical Industry Swindle: Swine flu recedes in North America, Europe, WHO says

The second wave of pandemic H1N1 influenza is winding down in North America and much of Europe ( was there a first wave?), but flu activity is still widespread and intensifying in India, Egypt and elsewhere and it's too soon to say the pandemic is over, officials of the World Health Organization said this morning. "It is still premature and too early for us to say we have come to an end of the influenza pandemic worldwide," WHO director-general Dr. Margaret Chan said in her annual year-end address to the media. "It would be prudent and appropriate ...to continue to monitor the evolution of the pandemic for the next six to 12 months," she said, in large part because many experts expect a third wave. She added that she is very happy that the pandemic has proved to be milder than most experts had anticipated. "The fact that the long overdue influenza pandemic is so moderate in its impact is probably the best health news of the decade," she said. But "the one thing we need to guard against is a sense of complacency."

Swine flu recedes in North America, Europe, WHO says | Booster Shots | Los Angeles Times



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