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Swine flu response in chaos

ABC, Fairfax and The Punch journalists are about the only ones swallowing Health Minister Nicola Roxon’s spin, going by this report in The Australian. GPs have slammed a “conspicuous lack of leadership” in Australia’s response to the swine flu crisis, with some patients waiting eight days for test results or receiving anti-viral drugs too late to limit the infection. Read the story.



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