These three young mothers are the latest unlikely victims of the flu this season.
Katherine Acton, 47, Karlie Slaven, 36, and Tanya Harmon, 37, are all mothers-of-two who died this week just days after being diagnosed with the virus, having nursed their own children through the illness.
Earlier this month, 40-year-old mother-of-three and marathon runner Katie Oxley Thomas of California died within 48 hours of falling ill.
While influenza typically claims the lives of infants and the elderly, this year's aggressive H3N2 strain has struck 18- to 49-year-olds harder than usual.
The hardest-hit unusual suspects are baby boomers (aged 50 to 64), but hospitalizations, illnesses and deaths far above average for all age groups for this time of year.
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5 comments:
Well actually a concoction given to the victim after they first catch the flu pushes them over the edge.Seemingly innocuous,said concoction lowers their resistance to a life threatening level.Intentional,diabolical and effective.
Wow, that was hard to read
7:07, As a 'laboratory rat' out here running around for the TPTB and MIC I'm not sure I like what you're saying.
I got it but wow it was hard to read.
I read a few articles about this outbreak and a lot of the people were also sick with other illnesses (strep, pneumonia) not sure if it was a result of the flu or combined with the flu but their immune system was extremely weakened by both. They all went to seek treatment before they died but I am guessing the flu's symptoms overshadowed the other symptoms and no one diagnosed the strep, pneumonia, etc. I would watch out for any other symptoms that pop up if you get the flu, just to be sure. My son just go over a bout with strep last week.
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