04-28-2009, 05:32 PM
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Regular flu has killed thousands since January 2009
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...even if there are swine-flu deaths outside Mexico -- and medical experts say there very well may be -- the virus would have a long way to go to match the roughly 36,000 deaths that seasonal influenza causes in the United States each year.
"That happens on an annual basis," Dr. Brian Currie said Tuesday. Currie is vice president and medical director at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, New York.
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/28...flu/index.html |
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