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Feeding the pandemic fears: wide definitions of at-risk populations
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 2:56AM NEW YORK: "Talk of 'Underlying Conditions' May Add to Flu Worries," by Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 28 May 2009.
The list is long: diabetes, weakened immune system, obesity, lung disease, pregnancy, younger than 2, older than 65.
When you're talking an advanced economy, those are big numbers and significant percentages of the total population.
When such warnings go out, docs feel they're assuring the non-at-risk types, but the warnings often just jack up the fears in those substantial pools.
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