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Colorado Nurse With Coronavirus Says Symptoms Escalated From ‘Sniffles’
New York Post ^ | March 15, 2020 | Jackie Salo

Posted on 03/15/2020 5:37:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A Colorado nurse says her bout of coronavirus started with the “sniffles” — but soon involved nightmarish symptoms that were “nothing” like what she expected, according to a report.

Lisa Merck of Crested Butte said she tested positive for the virus after a vacation to Hawaii, where she attended a medical conference, news station KDVR reported.

“We went to a medical conference over there and on the day we were going to leave, I had little sniffles. That’s it,” Merck said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: colorado; coronavirus; covid19; crestedbutte; hawaii; lisamerck
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1 posted on 03/15/2020 5:37:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

And her age is?


2 posted on 03/15/2020 5:42:23 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Happy she’s not the APRN in my office,shes an idiot


3 posted on 03/15/2020 5:42:47 PM PDT by Bell Bouy II
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“We went to a medical conference over there and on the day we were going to leave, I had little sniffles. That’s it,”

Why go to Hawaiistan?


4 posted on 03/15/2020 5:43:27 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: nickcarraway

Is she hospitalized? On her death bed? ...or like thousands of others she is getting over it...would love to see a picture of her...


5 posted on 03/15/2020 5:44:00 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Trump is as good a dictator as he is a racist.....)
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To: nickcarraway

no international travel...ok Colorado to HI.


6 posted on 03/15/2020 5:44:01 PM PDT by Bell Bouy II
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To: Paladin2

Her FB page doesn’t say, but she and her husband look young, maybe 30.


7 posted on 03/15/2020 5:46:07 PM PDT by untenured
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To: nickcarraway

Nothing I’ve read says it starts with “the sniffles.” Anyone see otherwise?


8 posted on 03/15/2020 5:46:13 PM PDT by FightforFreedomCA (and I don't care.)
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To: Bell Bouy II

WHY is she an idiot? Getting on the plane with new sniffles?


9 posted on 03/15/2020 5:46:20 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: nickcarraway

She fully recovered.


10 posted on 03/15/2020 5:46:30 PM PDT by Obadiah (Kill the deep state or lose the Republic.)
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To: Paladin2

She looks amazing for an 80 year old.

/s


11 posted on 03/15/2020 5:46:44 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: untenured

Thanks.


12 posted on 03/15/2020 5:46:44 PM PDT by Paladin2
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13 posted on 03/15/2020 5:47:13 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: FightforFreedomCA

I say it probably started from nothing...

Then came the sniffles.


14 posted on 03/15/2020 5:47:49 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: FightforFreedomCA

Yes, I have seen some people say that...

looks like UK gearing up for something that is NOT Just The Flu Bro

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8114925/Britains-coronavirus-crisis-Spring-2021-7-9million-people-hospitalised.html


15 posted on 03/15/2020 5:47:55 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Why cause she fits the idiot profile.


16 posted on 03/15/2020 5:48:05 PM PDT by Bell Bouy II
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To: Paladin2

Mid 40s maybe. Certainly not elderly.


17 posted on 03/15/2020 5:53:26 PM PDT by madison10
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To: nickcarraway

Flu causes sniffles everyone panic news at 5/9/11.


18 posted on 03/15/2020 5:55:01 PM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: nickcarraway

bookmark


19 posted on 03/15/2020 5:57:40 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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"Certainly not elderly."

LOL

In the last few days I've become sensitized and more interested in finding a good working definition of "elderly".

Any thoughts?

20 posted on 03/15/2020 5:57:47 PM PDT by Paladin2
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