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Buyer beware – there’s no cure for H1N1 despite what scammers say

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Con artists playing on the fears of the flu pandemic have the federal government putting out a list of 139 fraudulent products boasting cures or treatments for the H1N1 flu.That’s not unusual.Mike Simonson reports that the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic had lots of quack remedies…

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