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By Ken Stanford Editor
ATLANTA - State health officials say four people have died and nearly 50 have been hospitalized with swine flu over the last week... the highest death rate in Georgia since the outbreak began. They're urging everyone to get a seasonal flu vaccine now, while they wait on a swine flu shot.
"The truth is that season flu kills 30,000 to 40,000 people in the United States every year," said Dr. Sandra Elizabeth Ford with the DeKalb County Health Department.
Dr. Ford tells the Georgia News Network a swine flu (H1N1) vaccine is still expected to be available by early October. Health officials are now saying H1N1 may be contagious for longer than they first thought. They say you may be contagious for a week after you first come down the symptoms.
"Number of hospitalizations and deaths associated with all influenza (including 2009 H1N1 and seasonal strains) that were reported in Georgia residents in the week of 12/13/09-12/19/09:
5 hospitalizations/1 death"
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