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That spike seems to exist in a lot of countries, including the US, France, etc.. My guess is that it has more to do with the swine flu panic than actual cases of flu.

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Yeah, you might recall that there was a huge push by public health officials to get folks to take the H1N1 vaccine.

The actual flu that year was not that bad, so the spike was a bit of an anomaly.

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