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Feverish and lethargic, Emily Smith’s two-year-old daughter could barely open her eyes on the plane ride home from a family holiday in January.

In fear, she took Billie to hospital right after their plane landed in Sydney, at the beginning of what has become a horror flu season.

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Source: The Guardian