Swine flu one case at a time

geetrue · 06-18-09, 01:51 PM

This is just one case, but how many will die in the future that were healthy young 20 year olds?

Swine flu victim was Escondido resident (San Diego County)
Sudden death puzzles family, health experts: http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jun/18/1m18flu233248-swine-flu-victim-was-escondido-resid/?northcounty&zIndex=118625

Quote:

Union-Tribune Staff Writer
2:00 a.m. June 18, 2009
The first person in the region to die from swine flu was identified yesterday as Adela Chevalier, a 20-year-old, single Puerto Rican woman who lived in Escondido.

Her death Monday continued to puzzle local health officials, who couldn't explain why the virus quickly became fatal to a person who otherwise seemed to have been healthy.

Chevalier's relatives, who gathered at the family home in San Marcos last night, described her as a vivacious woman who loved music, dancing and cooking.

“She always brought laughter to our faces no matter what situation we were in,” said Chevalier's brother, Zoylo Lopez of Escondido.
Patricia Lopez, also of Escondido, said her younger sister was born in Puerto Rico and moved to Boston as a youngster before moving to California about five years ago. Chevalier graduated from Valley High School in Escondido last year and recently moved in with a relative in Escondido to become more independent.

“When she got here to California, she just bloomed,” Patricia Lopez said, noting Chevalier's numerous friends and her hard work. Chevalier juggled two jobs – at a KFC and Mountain Shadows Community Homes in Escondido – in hopes of saving enough money to attend culinary school.
The sudden onset of Chevalier's illness left her family in shock.

Workers at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido “tried all they could do – everything just happened so fast,” Patricia Lopez said. “We just ask God to give us strength. We are all praying and we are together.”

Frame57 · 06-18-09, 11:06 PM

The problem with the swine flu is that it can (not always) cause a very rapid inflammitory process in the lungs. So rapid in fact that no amount of steroids or diuretics can overcome. They basically suffocte

06-18-09, 11:27 PM

Well the WHO has called it a pandemic. SARS was also an issue with the WHO. I think its all about funding the WHO.

Jimbuna · 06-19-09, 08:15 AM

Scotlands first death.....granted they were 38 years old and had an underlying medical condition....but a sad death all the same

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/in...osition=recent

06-18-09, 11:06 PM	#2
Frame57 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: 1300 feet on the crapper Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	The problem with the swine flu is that it can (not always) cause a very rapid inflammitory process in the lungs. So rapid in fact that no amount of steroids or diuretics can overcome. They basically suffocte __________________ "My Religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds." Albert Einstein

06-19-09, 08:15 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Scotlands first death.....granted they were 38 years old and had an underlying medical condition....but a sad death all the same http://news.bostonherald.com/news/in...osition=recent __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-18-09, 11:27 PM	#3
CastleBravo Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Well the WHO has called it a pandemic. SARS was also an issue with the WHO. I think its all about funding the WHO.