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BERKELEY, California -- Although the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic appears to have peaked, Dr. Keiji Fukuda, the top flu expert of the World Health Organization (WHO) recently said a third wave could still be ahead. Third wave or not, there are sufficient data since April 2009 to show that this virus is less severe than normal seasonal flu and that efforts to prevent the spread of this pandemic were futile--especially hand-washing, still promoted by the WHO, the US Centers for Disease Control and other national agencies.
