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The H1N1 flu pandemic is as severe as influenza pandemics in 1957 and 1968 and remains a threat, especially to healthy young adults, a leading health expert said Wednesday.
John Mackenzie, the Australian who heads the World Health Organization's independent but secretive Emergency Committee, also said he was not aware of any of its 15 members being approached by drug companies seeking to influence their decision-making.
"This is just as severe as we saw in 1957 and 1968, with one major difference. We are not seeing deaths in the elderly but we are seeing them in a more important group of the population, healthy young adults," Mackenzie said in a rare presentation.
"It is much more severe than people tend to talk about," he told a three-day meeting called to review the way the WHO handled the pandemic.
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John Mackenzie, the Australian who heads the World Health Organization's independent but secretive Emergency Committee, also said he was not aware of any of its 15 members being approached by drug companies seeking to influence their decision-making.
"This is just as severe as we saw in 1957 and 1968, with one major difference. We are not seeing deaths in the elderly but we are seeing them in a more important group of the population, healthy young adults," Mackenzie said in a rare presentation.
"It is much more severe than people tend to talk about," he told a three-day meeting called to review the way the WHO handled the pandemic.
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more:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE63D19720100414
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