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Don't Forget About Your Seasonal Flu Vaccine
We're all in an uproar about H1N1, a.k.a the Swine Flu, a.k.a The Hinee Flu (spoken phonetically per my seven-year-old).
Who wouldn't be? The very real parallels that have been drawn between this flu and the flu pandemic of 1918 are terrifying. But what about the plain old regular - or seasonal - flu? Should we be worried about that?
I've been astounded by people who refuse to get the seasonal flu vaccine, yet want to be first in line for the H1N1 vaccine. I work for a primary care medical practi...
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