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AlphaCentauri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 10:15 AM
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Toddler who died of swine flu visited Houston mall
Source: Whashington Post

A Mexico City toddler who became the first swine-flu death on U.S. soil spent a day with his family shopping at a huge Houston indoor mall the day before he began to show symptoms.

Cameron County Judge Carlos Cascos says the Brownsville family with whom the toddler was staying said they spent three nights in Houston just before he fell ill.



Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/30/AR2009043001801.html


could it be that the origin of this flu may not be in Mexico?
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luvspeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 10:21 AM
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1. I'll bet he met Keving Bacon at sometime too. nt
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 10:38 AM
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5. Ha ha ha ha ha! Now THAT was funny! nt
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gauguin57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 10:59 AM
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11. ROFLMAO!
Edited on Thu Apr-30-09 11:01 AM by gauguin57
Kevin Bacon.
:rofl:
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 10:23 AM
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2. People have been dying of it in MX for awhile, so no,
I wouldn't think it originated elsewhere.
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 10:24 AM
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3. Mexican officials identified a young boy as the probable "patient zero".
Edited on Thu Apr-30-09 10:25 AM by Barack_America
Going back over their records they realized he had the flu months ago.

Read it yesterday, but don't have the link. Sorry.
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AlphaCentauri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 10:32 AM
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4. I guess that is just speculation " Patient Zero"
is a 4 year old kid which was the first test that came out positive after a series of test when they notice that 3 other children die, so it could be that many other people have contracted the flu around the world and not tested nor die.
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MidwestTransplant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 10:49 AM
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6. But I read on Free Republic that Obama caused the flu in Mex. when he visited.
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 10:53 AM
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7. Well, I did hear that Pres. Obama gave all Mexican children ponies when he visited...
So I guess it's possible he gave the child the flu.

:P
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 10:54 AM
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8. Michelle Bachmann noted that the last time we had this, a Democrat [sic]
President was in office back in 1976, so I'm certain this has been lying dormant just waiting for another Dem Prez...

Of course, you must ignore the fact that Gerald Ford (a Republican) was President in 1976, and Bill Clinton was a Dem as well...oh well...you know how Bachmann is. :crazy:
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 10:55 AM
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9. Uh, no, flu is fast but it's not quite THAT fast, lol.
Besides, where's the vast numbers of flu victims in Houston if it started there??

Some days I wish basic epidemiology was taught to all Americans in high school. But there are too many prerequisites........
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 10:56 AM
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10. Isn't the incubation period for influenza 1-4 days?
That would about fit into the time frame for the child to have arrived in the US already infected but not yet showing symptoms.
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Justyce Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 11:00 AM
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12. According to the CDC, 7 days.
http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/guidance_homecare.htm


(But yeah, I agree, the child in Houston didn't start it. Mexico was dealing with it well before that.)
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freemarketer6 Donating Member (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 11:02 AM
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13. Exactly. Good point nft
dd
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 11:08 AM
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14. Probably not true
The incubation period is up to 7 days.

The point here is that a toddler who wasn't yet sick but who was shedding virus was in a mall. That means the disease is likely to appear in Houston for some time.

The good news is that it appears early reports out of Mexico were in error and that this isn't the big one.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 11:19 AM
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15. Obama visited Mexico last week.
I'm just sayin'.
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DangerousRhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 07:31 AM
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16. I hate that they don't tell you WHICH mall.
I'd sure like to know if it was Baybrook Mall. It may have been the Galleria... :\
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cpompilo Donating Member (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 09:23 AM
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17. Apparently it was the Galleria Mall
3 miles from my home
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