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Why is the influenza epidemic so deadly?
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Infection: Viral infections kill the cells they invade. During epidemics there are large numbers of people susceptible to severe infection as a result of age, underlying immune function, comorbidities, etc. Influenza also predisposes to severe secondary infections, usually pneumonia and this can also kill. Stay immunized. Yearly vaccine.
Answered 1/17/2013
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