  The MAGIC collaboration has recently reported the detection of the strong
gamma-ray blazar 3C279 during a 1-2 day flare. They have used their spectral
observations to draw conclusions regarding upper limits on the opacity of the
Universe to high energy gamma-rays and, by implication, upper limits on the
extragalactic mid-infrared background radiation. In this paper we examine the
effect of gamma-ray absorption by the extragalactic infrared radiation on
intrinsic spectra for this blazar and compare our results with the
observational data on 3C279. We find agreement with our previous results,
contrary to the recent assertion of the MAGIC group that the Universe is more
transparent to \gray s than our calculations indicate. Our analysis indicates
that in the energy range between ~80 and ~500 GeV, 3C279 has a best-fit
intrinsic spectrum with a spectral index ~1.78 using our fast evolution model
and ~2.19 using our baseline model. However, we also find that spectral indices
in the range of 0.0 to 3.0 are almost as equally acceptable as the best fit
spectral indices. Assuming the same intrinsic spectral index for this flare as
for the 1991 flare from 3C279 observed by EGRET, viz., 2.02, which lies between
our best fit indices, we estimate that the MAGIC flare was ~3 times brighter
than the EGRET flare observed 15 years earlier.
