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PrintJanuary 23, 2010
Graph of the Day for January 23, 2010
"Hidden within the latest edition of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's FluView was this sentence: ‘The proportion of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza was below the epidemic threshold.' That's right: The great American swine flu epidemic - which led to two proclaimed national emergencies and thousands of spooky news stories - has ended with a whimper." Michael Fumento.
Source: CDC.
Hoven's Index for January 23, 2010
Number of hospitalizations due to flu from August 30, 2009 to January 9, 2010: 38,454.
Number of deaths due to flu over that time period: 1,779.
Source: CDC.
Deaths due to the "Spanish" flu of 1918: 50 million to 100 million.
Source: CDC.
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