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http://www.nytimes.com – It was transmitted orally — or, I guess, aurally. When I dropped my kids off at preschool this week, I could practically see the fever radiating off of other parents. It wasn’t swine flu, but an infection of low-grade anxiety, the highly contagious variety. I got a glimpse of some vigilant faces, heard the words “flu” and “vaccine” in a few clusters of conversations, and suddenly I was in the grip of thisparticular grippe: seasonal flu-shot mania. Read »