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Date:10/7/2009

e way as any other flu vaccine, Frieden said, adding that he has every confidence that it is safe.

The CDC chief pointed to what he considered another widespread misconception: Since the H1N1 flu has already started circulating in every state, it's too late to get vaccinated.

"It's too soon to say it's too late. We don't know what the rest of the season will bring," Frieden said.

In states where the H1N1 flu has been most active, it has affected about 2 percent to 5 percent of the population, leaving most people still susceptible to infection, he said.

"Flu vaccine is our best tool to protect against the flu," Frieden said.

Frieden's remarks coincided closely with statements earlier Tuesday by Gregory Hartl, a spokesman for the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. He told the Associated Press that only four of 39,000 Chinese who have received the H1N1 vaccine experienced minor side effects such as headache or muscle cramps, and these effects are to be expected.

Hartl said the current H1N1 vaccine formulation ranks among the safest the WHO has seen.

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For more on H1N1 swine flu, visit the CDC.



SOURCES: Oct. 6, 2009, teleconference with Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta; Associated Press


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