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Why do so many people, especially the elderly, seem to die from pneumonia?

Asked by jazzticity (510points) January 25th, 2011

Typically, they go into the hospital for one thing, then get pneumonia and die from that. Where does the infection come from? Why can’t antibiotics get rid of it?

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