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'We have been throwing up for 8 hours': Texas couple who died in Fiji texted relatives
abc ^ | 06/06/2019

Posted on 06/06/2019 4:06:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin

The Health Ministry in Fiji said an investigation into the cause of death is ongoing.

"Influenza has been ruled out, and at this stage, we do not believe there is a risk to the public," the Fiji Ministry of Health said in a statement released on Tuesday. "It would be premature to speculate further on the cause of death until the investigation is complete."

Five people, including medical staff who came in close contact with the couple at the clinic where they were treated and both died, have been quarantined and are being monitored at a hospital in Nadi, Fiji, as a precaution.

The Health Ministry said those under observation are all "currently well."

Medical staff at the Nadi Hospital told ABC News that relatives of the five people under observation are not being allowed to visit them.

A spokesperson for the World Health Organization, or WHO, said in a statement on Tuesday the agency is "providing access to laboratory and other technical services in Australia" to analyze specimens taken during autopsies of Michelle and David Paul.

"We are working closely with the Ministry, the CDC and our partners," WHO's statement reads.

A Fiji Health Ministry spokeswoman would only confirm to ABC News that blood samples from the couple were sent to a laboratory abroad for testing and the results could come back as early as the end of this week.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: ailment; fiji; illness; isolatedincidents; poisonbooze; puking; texas; vomiting
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To: RummyChick
That doesn’t explain medical staff dying.

I read this sentence five times and I'm still not sure who died. I think the medical staff are OK and only the couple died.

Five people, including medical staff who came in close contact with the couple at the clinic where they were treated and both died, have been quarantined and are being monitored at a hospital in Nadi, Fiji, as a precaution.
Today's "journalists" really need fourth grade remedial English training.
41 posted on 06/06/2019 6:09:45 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
You can add Dominican Republic to that list. At least three Americans have died there recently from a fast acting mystery disease—healthy one minute, dead a few minutes later.

My guess, and it's just a guess based on very little information...

There is a freon leak in their room. If they smoke, when they draw chlorofluorocarbon contaminated air through the coal on the cigarette, the heat breaks it down to carbon monoxide chloride - COCl2 - also know as phosgene.

On the battlefield, phosgene caused death by pulmonary edema. Other symptoms include nausea and vomiting...

42 posted on 06/06/2019 6:12:31 PM PDT by null and void (Stamp out philately!)
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To: 9422WMR

All those 55 gallon drums of Iraqi roach spray found at an AFB that was not WMD


43 posted on 06/06/2019 6:13:17 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: dp0622

Ah yes, I had the lasagna...


44 posted on 06/06/2019 6:13:52 PM PDT by null and void (Stamp out philately!)
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To: MrEdd

I’ll never get over Macho Grandé.


45 posted on 06/06/2019 6:14:51 PM PDT by null and void (Stamp out philately!)
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To: Valpal1

That has my vote.


46 posted on 06/06/2019 6:19:02 PM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: Covenantor

Ruptured esophagus...that’s what took my grandmother.


47 posted on 06/06/2019 6:32:45 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: BenLurkin

48 posted on 06/06/2019 6:36:01 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Food poisoning is the first thing they test for because it’s so common and easily treated.

I’m more suspicious of the mini bar and counterfeit booze.


49 posted on 06/06/2019 6:41:08 PM PDT by Valpal1
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To: dp0622

50 posted on 06/06/2019 6:46:39 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: RightGeek

Aside from that, I wonder how they enjoyed the All Inclusive?


51 posted on 06/06/2019 6:47:48 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Bonemaker

LOL I should have known you’d pick up on it :)

Finally someone did!


52 posted on 06/06/2019 6:53:06 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: dp0622
😉
53 posted on 06/06/2019 7:04:40 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

The Deep State wants the disease outbreak. They can blame the anti vax movement, (the deep state is a drug cartel after all), cement a demand for one payer health care, control population by controlling medicine during the incidents, and probably a bunch more other things lobbyist have paid for.


54 posted on 06/06/2019 7:28:57 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: justa-hairyape

Only problem was, Hillary was supposed to be riding her Chinese dragons and flattening more conservative churches now also.


55 posted on 06/06/2019 7:30:40 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: RummyChick

What medical staff died?


56 posted on 06/06/2019 8:12:20 PM PDT by RWGinger (Does anyone else really)
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To: BenLurkin

57 posted on 06/06/2019 8:52:11 PM PDT by Dr. Zzyzx
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To: dp0622

I had the lasagna.


58 posted on 06/06/2019 8:55:55 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s going to be Ciguatera fish poisoning. Just like what is described here:

https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/ciguatera-fish-poisoning-a-cause-for-concern/


59 posted on 06/06/2019 9:03:47 PM PDT by Pelham (Secure Voter ID. Mexico has it, because unlike us they take voting seriously)
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To: Pelham

Interesting!


60 posted on 06/06/2019 9:09:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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