To the Editor: It is a naïve public health physician who predicts ahead of time how many people will die in a disease outbreak. Such doctors have short careers.
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- Hunter Area Pathology Service, Newcastle, NSW.
Correspondence: rodney.givney@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au
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