To: grey_whiskers
Pneumonia is well known to be an infection secondary to Influenza. She very well may have developed Pneumococcal Pneumonia, which progresses rapidly (it killed Jim Henson of Muppets fame). There is also a condition called Cytokine Storm, although I haven’t heard whether this is prominent with H1N1 yet.
Also, the CDC has been saying all along that the young are more severely affectecd, unlike the seasonal flu, which traditionally is worse in the elderly.
11 posted on
09/23/2009 9:43:36 PM PDT by
Born Conservative
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To: Born Conservative
Could be any of the above: in particular tho' I am most worried about cytokine storm, in the light of articles such as
this.
NO cheers, unfortunately.
12 posted on
09/23/2009 9:47:15 PM PDT by
grey_whiskers
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To: Born Conservative
Could be any of the above: in particular tho' I am most worried about cytokine storm, in the light of articles such as
this.
NO cheers, unfortunately.
13 posted on
09/23/2009 9:47:16 PM PDT by
grey_whiskers
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