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care there is so weak and poverty is because of this. 5 million children are not going to school, and the lack of education is a huge problem. we have about 18,000 people that have been diagnosed with this and about 7,000 that have died from this. it s also hard to know if these numbers are really accurate. but we have come a long way. let me just take advantage of this. even though it s a medical show, i want to recognize the dedication and commitment of our military, the doctors who have been there and also the nurses. when you have a disease that has 70% lethality and death, to jeopardize and put your life at risk, that s how you know someone has a real commitment to this and they should be congratulated for doing this. i think america has been the leader in this, though i think the cdc lagged behind. we had a lot of discussion about this, and i m glad the president listened to sunday housecall every sunday for half an hour. i think it is messa sthe messag.
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we re back now with sunday house call. the cdc is warning that we re in for a potentially severe flu season. why would it be this bad? it s just gearing up. looks like the flu season will be in january this year, later than last year. strain we are worried about is a very bad strange. it is going to cause a lot of hospitalizations, make people sick. they ll have other issues like pneumonia, bronchitis, sore throats. it is a bad flu. the flu vaccine may not work as well this year at preventing hospitalizations and urgent care visits. we won t know that until march. that s when they survey it and say is it a 40% effective, 60%,
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