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Swine flu death toll total reaches 22

Friday 13 November 2009

The number of people killed by swine flu in the Netherlands rose by five to 22 last week, says the public health institute RIVM.

Nearly all of those to die so far had underlying health problems, the RIVM said.

A further 291 people were hospitalised last week, bringing the total to 909 up to November 11. Some 60% of patients have other health conditions as well as the flu virus.

The family doctors' association said on Friday it appears around 80% of the people eligible for the first of two anti-H1N1 vaccinations are turning up at surgeries to be vaccinated.

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Not wishing to sound flippant as any death caused by an unexpected illness is a tragedy... yet the number of people in NL who have so far died from swine flu so far this year is still less than the number who die every year from the common flu.

By Geuzen76 | November 14, 2009 1:38 AM

How many people died last year from influenza in the Netherlands?
Without this figure the death number means nothing.
In Australia + New Zealand the influenza death number from 2009 (33)(with the swine influenza) was about half of the influenza death number from 2008 (69).
Is that in the Netherlands the case too?

By Floor Windemuller | November 14, 2009 4:56 PM

Keep on coming with the propaganda!
The money spent on this vaccine has to be justified. It would not surprise me if this vaccine is actually a form of depopulation. It could have an incubation period of 5 to 10 years. Read about Henry Kissinger, then you'll get my point...

By stevie | November 16, 2009 7:30 PM

Stevie is DEAD ON! I've been really digging for answers and this is scarily accurate... Part of me wants to shout it from the rooftops to prevent horrible things happening to people, but the other part of me wants to keep it to the people I care about most because sooner or later, there will be a fight for basic resources and we will be among those fighting for them so ummm yeah, some people would have to go....

By Laura | November 18, 2009 11:53 AM

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