Lethal Strain of Flu Kills 4 Children In Colorado....With Unusual Symptoms

[FranEMTnurse]

I saw this on the news tonight. That strain of flu is to have originated in China, and it's said to be the deadliest strain since the 1970s. (Makes me think about SARS)

Fran

[Kir]

Originally posted by passing thru

3 of the 4 children who died in Colorado were already hospitalized and the 6 month old and 18 month old were

born with "severe" congenital problems.

These weren't 4 healthy children who died.

Only the 8 year old was a normal and healthy child, prior to becoming ill.

Don't let the media mess with our heads.

OOOOOOOOh! Where did you get your information? I want to be able to inform my patients. I live 2 hours east of Denver and everyone is scared here. I thought two of the children were immunocomprimised and the others were healthy.

Kir