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'flu pandemic awareness week is over.
The regular 'flu is not here yet.

But several aquiantances of mine have come down with acute respiratory infections in the last week, pseudo-flu like symptoms followed by apparent bacterial lung infections. This is in several different geographic areas, US and Europe.

Small sample statistics? I now tend to know sickly people (not likely, they're pretty much the same people as last year)?

Anyone know of a particular virus doing the rounds right now? A couple of friends are really sick. People who are usually quite healthy.