The phrase "flu about" is not considered grammatically correct in written English.
It is an informal phrase which is usually used in spoken English, and has a meaning similar to "talk about" or "discuss". For example: "Let's flu about what we should do for our vacation this year."
Calls to NHS Direct and other indicators show there is "quite a lot" of H1N1 swine flu about, despite the low GP consultation rate.
He told them about the characteristics of the flu, about its statistics regarding contagion and deaths, about the possibility of mutation into humans.
Based on the state's past experience with the flu, about 400 adults are expected to die from the virus this season, Dr. Cartter said, adding that so far no deaths have occurred.
In a typical year, 1 out of 10 Americans comes down with the flu, about 110,000 people, mostly elderly, end up in the hospital and about 20,000 die.
The median age for deaths is somewhat higher, at 37, but that number is pushed up because while only a few elderly people catch the new flu, about 2percentt of them die as a result.
Since August, about half the children seen in the emergency room at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock have complained of flu, about double the usual number for this time of year, said Craig H. Gilliam, the hospital's director of infection control.
Optical equipment maker JDS Uniphase caught a touch of Ciena's flu, falling about 4% in morning trading.
Last winter, flu vaccine was about 60% effective overall, which experts consider good.
(The 1918 flu killed about 2percentt of its victims).
Ordinary flu kills about 250,000 to 500,000 people each year.
The 1918 flu killed about 2.5percentt of those infected.
