New York City officials struggle for balanced response to swine flu

Mayor Bloomberg has been giving matter-of-fact updates and practical advice, but some say he needs to do a better job of reassuring 'the worried well' in the face of the potentially fatal H1N1 virus. At a hospital in New York's south Bronx, 187 children flooded the emergency room in a 12-hour period. Only two had flu-like symptoms, and those were mild. At a hospital in Queens, officials erected a tent outside to handle the crowd of visitors fearful of the H1N1 influenza virus, even though none had obvious symptoms.

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