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WHO chief says H1N1 flu virus has run its course
A medical staff shows a vial of H1N1 influenza vaccine during the H1N1 vaccination program at a hospital in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok January 11, 2010.
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GENEVA |
GENEVA (Reuters) - The H1N1 flu virus has run its course and the pandemic is over, the head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.
"We are now moving into the post-pandemic period," WHO Director-General Margaret Chan told a teleconference, saying the H1N1 virus "has largely run its course."
The downgrade followed recommendations by global influenza experts who reviewed its status earlier in the day.
(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay and Jonathan Lynn)
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U.S. media coverage was similar to the Y2K scare, the end of the world on December 31, 1999; and (I’m sure) a ridiculous amount of idiotic reporting to come in the year 2012 prior to the great end of the Mayan calendar bull.
Scare tactics make peoples’ sense dull.
But don’t be too complacent they are still going to vaccinate you against it!
http://just-me-in-t.blogspot.com/2010/08/seasonal-oink-flu-pandemic-is-over.html
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