I would be very interested in finding out the numbers of people who got the pneumonia shot , & if they were protected from the flu . And if they were protected how long of a protection period it would be .
Laclede County teen dies of possible swine flu - MO
News-Leader staff • October 15, 2009
A Laclede County teen with a potential case of H1N1 influenza died Thursday at a Springfield hospital, according to the state health department.
The girl, whose age was not released, tested positive for a rapid test of influenza A, which usually turn out to be cases of swine flu, according to Kit Wagar, spokesman with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
State health officials learned Thursday the girl began to have flu-like symptoms on Tuesday, checked into a Laclede County emergency room in Wednesday before being transported to an undisclosed Springfield hospital, where she died sometime Thursday, Wagar said.
Wagar said the girl was between the ages of 13 and 17. Federal laws prevent state officials from identifying the hospital, doctor or patients’ names or the patient’s age, Wagar said.
Wagar said state health officials were informed by local sources that the girl may have had other, underlying health problems.
“That is another reason we hold off and say we need to figure out if it was a flu death,” Wagar said.
Wagar said if it turns out the girl had H1N1 flu, a pediatric flu investigation will be conducted and a report will be sent to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“It’s very unusual” to have a flu investigation conducted, Wagar said.
Charla Baker, the administrator of the LaClede County Health Department, said her office was notified of the death around 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Her office hopes to receive a written medical report Friday morning, she said.
That's going to be hard to do since they are not keeping good records anymore and are lumping all flu's into one now. I find that be a statistical nightmare and suspect that they are just saying that so that they don't have to publicly report the H1N1 cases and or deaths. jmo