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Swine hunt: Boston hospitals say worst of H1N1 may be over

WBUR reports some local hospitals say the number of ER visits by people with flu-like symptoms has plateaued.

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The current spike in cases has plateaued. That doesn't mean that there won't be further waves yet to come, particularly since the CDC has had some trouble getting even us susceptables our bugshot.

H1N1 doesn't play by the normal flu rules. It has been building and ebbing in far less predictable ways than the typical seasonal flu - it is popping up pretty randomly here and there, rather than playing by the handbook where flu bugs that start in Asia head east on a fairly predictable timetable.

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Doctors are also telling people with flu symptoms not to come to the ER unless they're vomiting blood or can't breathe. So, that could keep ER visits down a little, too.

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The threat 'plateaus' just as people are getting livid about a distinct lack of vaccine they were promised for months on end? How convenient!

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