Swine flu was noted for killing the young and healthy, unlike most other flus.
My question is where she got it. It’s a virus that originated, like virtually all flus, among pigs in China. But it spread out after that mini-epidemic a few years ago, so she could have gotten it anywhere.
According to the CDC, at the link and numbers I provided, of course it kills, but it was far from normal. And that number of given regarding the pediatric deaths, includes all flu strains and types.
Additionally, all various flu strains and types combined still kill far more young children and older adults than any other age groups.
While it is clearly possible, for someone this age and in this health, with the type of care Bre Peyton had, this is still unusual.
“My question is where she got it. “
A crowd. A store. An airplane. Anywhere that she might have been around someone who had it. Flu is highly contagious and H1N1 is one of the strains going around this year. Someone coughing or sneezing near you is enough to pass it around.
“My question is where she got it.”
She was in southern California, for Pete’s sake. Flea-bitten, disease-laden lowlifes are crossing from Mexico every hour. A bigger question would be to ask why more people there aren’t critically ill.