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Swine flue deaths in China - are there any?

Below is an email I received today from a reader in Australia. I am neutral on the topic, at least for now, but quite curious. Maybe someone in the know can contradict or verify it. If its numbers are accurate, they raise some important questions. I work... ...full story at Peking Duck

from Peking Duck on Thu, Sep 17 2009

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