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The powerful image of influenza depicted by the media is not proportional to the actual threat, says a researcher in an editorial published in BMJ Clinical Evidence this week. Dr Tom Jefferson examines the evidence and argues that seasonal influenza is in fact a relatively rare condition (around 0.5% in the general population during autumn and winter months).

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