Tuesday, July 21, 2009

http://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2009/07/21/la-grippe-porcine-a-fait-sept-cent-morts_1221041_3244.html#ens_id=1185166

Swine flu has killed 700 people globally, according to le Monde. Nearly 100,000 people have been infected, according to an estimation by the World Health Organization. France counts 628 infections, 6 of which were serious enough to require hospitalization.

Swine flu was terribly scary for a few days, but it quickly became apparent-- to me anyway-- that it was not the deadly virus everyone feared it to be. The statistics don't indicate a high hospitalization rate, even when you just compare it with the official number of infections.

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