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Swine Flu? Been There, Done That

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Crisis recalls 1976 swine flu scare.

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When searching for solutions in the swine flu scare, the government may need only look to the past. The 1976 swine flu “debacle,” in which 200 cases of swine flu were diagnosed in the United States–resulting in only one death–prompted the government to wage a massive vaccination campaign.

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