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Yes a Physician, MD, solo practice, Chestatee Emergent Medical Care, Dawsonville, Ga. Google me up some time or check Facebook. Also BA/BS Biology, MS Biology, MPH (public health), & MS Epidemiology. I own a Personal Walk-in Clinic in the rural North Georgia mountains; Affordable Flat Rate Boutique health care (all in-house services for $550 yearly), Or a low Cash ($50 office visit) walk-in Urgent Care, with ala-cart cash services (at patient-doctor discretion), Open Access, No appointments, no private insurance. Full service : X-ray, EKG, Ultrasound, Inspirometry, IV's, shots, nebulizers, coughs, colds, flu, broken bones, laceration repair, casting, labs, minor surgery, DOT's, Physicals, Family & Occupational Medicine. Emergency stabilization & transport, (Dawson Co. EMS is excellent). Open 7 days a week. Married, 4 kids, IJF-A Judo Olympic Referee (Paris 1996), 7th Dan, travel a lot overseas & domestic, went to Athens & Beijing Paralympics to referee Judo, toured Greece & China with my family, went to for Jr World's Tunisia 1999, Bangkok 2008, Sr. World's Munich 2001, the Judo A circuit & New York Open most every year since 1996, hitting the Grand Prix Judo circuit in 2009. Generally work too much, but Enjoy life, a lot (but you could guess that). JUDO, Wrestling, Hunt & Fish (for the table not the wall), Hike, Kayak, Scuba (not much sailing or surfing these days but every once in a while...)

Politics, News & Issues > Hunger, Disease & Poverty Debunking swine flu pandemic myths

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Is the current "Mexican" swine flu a dangerous super bug destined to become a global pandemic illness, sweeping through the world and killing 55 millions of people like it's 1918 cousin? The short answer is no! Not likely! In examining the reasons for this muted response, which flies in the face of popular media hype, it is useful to contrast the epidemiology, and viral disease characteristics of the yearly "seasonal flu", with those seen in this current off-season outbreak of swine flu. Each year between October and March from 22 - 45 thousand people in the United States die of complicati...

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