Genni Lehnert sat back in her swivel chair Monday and soaked in the daily swine flu news briefing by speaker phone.
As the Umatilla County public health chief listened with a serious look on her face, state director Dr. Mel Kohn listed the day's stats. Around Lehnert's office, Sharon Waldern, Dennis McNeil, Gail Chalmers and Sharena Clements - the rest of Lehnert's swine flu team - paid attention.
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