Unusual respiratory virus strikes metro kids

Fox4KC ^ | 8-28-14 | Marylin McKean

[Colehill1999]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An unusual respiratory virus is striking children in the metro in big numbers. Children’s Mercy Hospital is hospitalizing 20 to 30 kids a day with the virus. The hospital is as full now as it is at the height of flu season.

This is not the same virus we told you about several weeks ago that can cause meningitis. This one can cause severe breathing trouble. Children’s Mercy has seen more than 300 cases in recent days in kids of all ages.

[samiam1972]

We homeschool and two of my littlest had walking pneumonia last spring. We rarely go anywhere other than church and grocery stores. Kids will pick this stuff up no matter what you do.

[metmom]

My oldest caught chicken pox when she was less than a year old and I have NO idea how or where she got it.

I asked around and nobody we knew was dealing with it.

My only guess was the grocery store, the shopping cart handle.

I can’t figure out anything else.

[nuconvert]

Was that unusual?

[Tired of Taxes]

Another thing that we adults older than a certain age, is getting a Small Pox vaccination as it’s making another resurgence, thanks to illegals and parents fearful of all vaccines.

Routine smallpox vaccination shots were stopped many years ago. So, these days, even children who've received every vaccination available have not been vaccinated for smallpox.

[metmom]

Yes. Everyone involved was surprised.

We live in a very non-diverse community out in the country.

[wintertime]

Why are you cooperating? Why are you allowing your child to attend? Obviously, this in not a safe place.

[Pining_4_TX]

Thanks. Right now I am waiting for a call back from my doctor to see if I need an appointment or a prescription for a steroid (I hate taking those!)

My wheezing is so bad at night, I sing myself to sleep. ;-)

The new inhalers forced on us by the Green Nazis don’t work and they are more expensive. That’s one way to reduce the population - kill off all the people with chronic respiratory illness. I have written to my rep and senators, and didn’t even get a response. Guess there aren’t enough asthmatic voters to matter.

[sten]

don’t forget the executive order to quarantine anyone with a ‘respiratory infection’

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/07/31/executive-order-revised-list-quarantinable-communicable-diseases

http://www.infowars.com/obama-signs-executive-order-to-detain-americans-with-respiratory-illnesses/

it’s almost like he knew it was coming. funny how that works...