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http://edstrong.blog-city.com [edstrong.blog-city.com] The WHO says that an H5N1 pandemic could kill up to 7.4 million people globally, because people lack immunity to it. And half a million Americans could die and more than 2 million could end up in the hospital with serious complications if an even moderately severe strain of a pandemic flu hit, a report by the Trust for America's Health says.

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