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FOR THE RECORD - May 1, 2009

Swine flu: An article in Thursday’s Section A about the risks posed by swine flu said that in the United States annually “between 5% and 20% of the population becomes ill from the flu and 36,000 people die -- a mortality rate of between 0.24% and 0.96%.” The correct mortality rate is between 0.06% and 0.24%.

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