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Swine flu epidemic ends in France
by Magdalena Rosova

The swine flu epidemic in mainland France has killed hundreds people, health authorities say it killed 240 people. On Wednesday a monitoring group of doctors said the epidemic has ended. The doctors still recommend continuing the vaccination program to not allow flu to come back. One of the doctors of the Sentinelles flu monitoring network, Thierry Blanchon, announced that finally it was the end of the epidemic. Doctors said that the number of people infected by virus has fallen below the epidemic level for the past two weeks. Although the virus is still spreading, it is at very weak pace. Vaccination will continue long into the future to prevent a resurgence of the virus. In addition, French government bought 94 million of doses with vaccine which need to be used. Press and politicians are demanding the resignation of Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot due to her overestimation of the need for vaccine. Medical experts advised two doses of vaccine per person and Bachel! ot agreed to buy the amount. National Health system in France is different than in other countries. In France patients pay for health care and later their health insurance refund them the cost. If everybody took vaccine, the French government would have a huge bill, not only to pay for vaccine but also to pay for a visit to the doctor. Since the vaccination campaign started late in October, 5 million people have been vaccinated. First days, vaccination centers were empty, but then the vaccination hysteria boosted. Newspapers were full of articles with disaster scenario. Today it seems that everything is coming back to normal.

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