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According to an exclusive report by CBS News Investigates, “if you’ve been diagnosed ‘probable’ or ‘presumed’ 2009 H1N1 or ‘swine flu’ in recent months, you may be surprised to know this: odds are you didn’t have H1N1 flu.”
According to CBS, “with most cases [now] diagnosed solely on symptoms and risk factors, the H1N1 flu epidemic may seem worse than it is.” That does not mean it is prudent to pass on a vaccination if it is available. The CDC recommends that everyone should get the vaccination for H1N1. Without lab testing, however, it is impossible to determine the actual amount of H1N1 cases in the U.S. What little data is available, however, suggests the actual number may be far less than feared.
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