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# health
Researchers recommend a flu shot even in years when it's not very effective. Why? Because it slows the spread of the virus.
# health
Swine flu may have disappeared from the news, but it's still out there and it's still a threat as it mutates further.
# oddities
According to the conspiracy web, a dark cabal which rules the world is trying to cull the human population with swine flu, even though they have far better ways to accomplish that task...
# politics
Disease prevention suddenly turns partisan thanks to America's most out of control congresswoman...
# health
Complacency is the enemy of pandemic preparedness and right now, we've gotten awfully complacent.
# oddities
Another day, another conspiracy about a New World Order testing bioweapons on hapless sheeple...
# oddities
The conspiracy web is already gripped with panic and paranoia about a nonexistent swine flu vaccine.