In a future artistic interpretation of this project, I imagine Puxian will liken the Protector to the American border, and our desire to shut out Mexico when swine flu broke out there.
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Others shared Paul's sentiment, saying the fear of the flu has gotten out of hand.
Some doctors paint a scary worst-case scenario: A flu pandemic breaks out and beats down the immune systems of millions of people, and then staphylococci--the hospital strain and the nastier variant in the community--run wild on a killing spree.
When a flu victim sneezes and coughs they send out thousands of droplets of flu-laden fluid.
The city of Somerville, for example, ran out of flu vaccine on Thursday.
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Fiore said that, typically, only 20 percent to 50 percent of people in targeted groups seek out seasonal flu vaccine.
They figured out the flu kept its virulent characteristics best in human mucus, which Dr. Marr took from the dripping nose of her 1-month-old baby.
"I had a spell when I was doing really well but then I had a spell out with flu where I felt really bad, " he explained.
Fellowes has the advantage of working in the past, where even the greatest calamities, like the Great War and the Spanish flu, have played out to their conclusions, which he can borrow from at his convenience.
That night, she checked on me from time to time to make sure I took the pills and drank enough liquids and was fully covered with a thick comforter of hers, so that I could sweat out my flu.
But until 2009, the pandemics had always pushed out the previous flu.
Health officials point out that this flu is not a foodborne illness.
You start out with mild flu-like symptoms, which is phase one.
Health authorities have pointed out that this swine flu strain has never been seen.
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It appears to be acting like a typical seasonal flu, only it's out of season.
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Crucell, a global biopharmaceutical company with headquarters in The Netherlands, has not recalled any of its stocks of flu vaccine that have already gone out.
Trulli recovered from a midweek bout of flu to prevent Ferrari from locking out the front row, claiming a surprise second to hand Toyota their best qualifying result for three years.
The idea is that people can immediately find out whether they have the flu or have no illness at all.
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Highland Council plans to pilot an annual flu vaccination for schoolchildren before rolling it out for all P1 to S5 pupils.
Somerville, Massachusetts, a small city north of Boston, announced that the city's supply of flu vaccine for the season had run out.
Mclean is looking to regain his fitness after spending time out of training because of flu, which has affected other members of the first team.
Study leader Dr Gkikas Magiorkinis, from Oxford University, said when people were infected with something such as flu it was very easy to work out where it had come from, because people knew they were infected within days.
Out of those dying from swine flu, 75% have underlying conditions that may have made them more susceptible, like asthma.
However, H1N1 turned out to be a very mild flu: many people experienced little more than a few days of sniffles, much like a common cold.
Flu victim Emmanuel Petit has been virtually ruled out of a side that is already without injured Tony Adams, Dennis Bergkamp and Marc Overmars plus Nigerian ace Kanu, who is on African Nations Cup duty.
He came home wiped out and last night the fever and flu came back.
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It is a good reminder that every virus out there right now is not the flu.
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Developed in 2009 in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control, the tool digs through massive amounts of search data (all anonymous) looking for flu-releated searches around the world and maps out the intensity of outbreaks.
United have eight defenders out of action, with Nemanja Vidic (flu), Rio Ferdinand (calf), Wes Brown (hamstring), Gary Neville (groin), Rafael (shoulder) and Fabio da Silva (groin) are sidelined.
Getzlaf could barely get out of bed with a case of the flu, lasting just five minutes at the morning skate and taking only one faceoff during the game.
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