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‘She was a star’: Maryland girl dies after what was thought to be a simple case of the flu
WTOP News [Washington DC] ^ | February 19, 2020, 1:45 PM | Michelle Murillo

Posted on 02/20/2020 3:48:03 AM PST by COBOL2Java


After what was thought to be a simple case of the flu, 8-year-old Kinsley Sandvik died on Valentine’s Day. (Courtesy Shannon Sandvik)


For one family in Calvert County, Maryland, Valentine’s Day will always be connected to heartbreak: the day when they lost their 8-year-old girl.

Kinsley Sandvik had a vibrant laugh and, according to her mother, everyone was her friend.

“If you met her, you fell in love with her. No one was a stranger to this child, not even the pizza man,” said mom Shannon Sandvik. “I’d say, ‘Don’t talk to strangers,’ and she’d say, ‘I’m not,’ and I’d say, ‘OK, well, what’s his name?’ And she’d say, ‘The Pizza Man.’”

Shannon Sandvik said her daughter was an amazing athlete, playing on a travel soccer team three or four days a week.The young girl was the life of the party and a ball of energy. She was never sick — until this month.

On Thursday, Feb. 6, Kinsley Sandvik wasn’t feeling well. So, her mom took her to the pediatrician.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: compromisedimmunity; coronavirus; deepstatevirus; flu; globaldoom; notcoronavirus; sepsis; septicshock; theywantusdead; wasneversick
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To: rlmorel

I work in healthcare and have had the flu twice. Once as a young person and once as a not so young person. I am first i. mine for the flu clinics every year to get my vaccine. It may not prevent the flu in every case but it likely lessens it if you do get it. Some years are better than others.


41 posted on 02/20/2020 4:59:11 AM PST by Mom MD
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To: Jim Noble

While flu shots do statistically impact survival rates as a whole, there is no guarantee a flu shot will keep you from contracting the flu or dying from it if you do.

You can have received the flu shot and still contract the flu and die from it.

This isn’t like the measles vaccine where other than in very rare cases you willl be immune from the disease after you are immunized.


42 posted on 02/20/2020 4:59:18 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: RhoTheta

regular influenza


43 posted on 02/20/2020 5:00:00 AM PST by Mom MD
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To: from occupied ga

I suppose this is the point:

In the wake of her loss, Shannon Sandvik has words of advice for other parents: “Trust your gut as a mom. I think she could have gone sooner if I did not make the choice to take her a bunch of times, no matter what anybody said.”

I’m not sure what else the mother could have done though since it was doctor, doctor, ER, blood work, doctor, hospital. Seems like they should have caught something with the first round of blood work. “Could have gone sooner if I did not make the choice to take her a bunch of times”.


44 posted on 02/20/2020 5:01:55 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (We are governed by the consent of the governed and we are fools for allowing it.)
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To: Sequoyah101; from occupied ga
Have the strains of flu become more severe than they were 30 or 40 years ago?

Probably not. But the aging Baby-boomer generation is increasing the number of people in the country that are more likely to die from the flu.

45 posted on 02/20/2020 5:04:34 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: COBOL2Java

This is EXACTLY what I frequently post about when it comes to the Flu. Lived it.

Except in our case there was no Tamiflu or flu test. So the death was much quicker. Less than 4 days.

So even with the many advents of medicine since that time...it still can kill swiftly


46 posted on 02/20/2020 5:06:19 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: Flavious_Maximus

No.
You can get septic shock from flu/pneumonia. This is what leads to the swift death.

I can’t read the entire article. These days they are trying Vitamin C to deal with it. Don’t know if they tried it in her case.


47 posted on 02/20/2020 5:08:04 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: SecAmndmt

No test is required. Knowing the level doesn’t matter

Go to Walmart and buy D3 gel caps and take at a minimum 2,000 units per day beginning on late october. If there is flu where you live, double down.

Take the D3 gel caps until March 21 at least.

It’s just that simple. D3 in winter, all winter


48 posted on 02/20/2020 5:09:27 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: SecAmndmt
The majority of the population is low in blood levels of vitamin D. Best way to avoid complications from flu is to keep one’s blood levels of vitamin D up. It is criminal that this blood test is not standard for every single person on an annual basis. And vitamin D has the added benefit of anti-cancer effects.

My endocrinologist has me on a Vitamin D supplement regimen, as well as B Complex.

I do get the flu shot every year. This year was the first time I was given the super-duper shot for seniors; knocked me out a bit for about a week, but knock-on-wood, I've been fine since then.

49 posted on 02/20/2020 5:09:51 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Hillary Clinton: Just like Joe with only half the dementia.)
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To: COBOL2Java

If I’m someday lucky enough to ask God a question it will be “why do you allow children to suffer”.Of course He will give an answer that makes perfect sense...an answer that never occurred to me while I was on this Earth.


50 posted on 02/20/2020 5:11:00 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: HighSierra5

Are flu shots recommended for young folks?
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I may have mentioned this before on the board, but I developed a nasty and tenacious flu around Christmas time. This was after getting a flu shot and pneumonia shot in October. Things seemed normal at first, slight fever, malaise, and a developing cough but there was something about this one that was different. Like the story on the little girl, I started to feel better after a short while, but then it came back with a vengeance. Walking briskly put me out of breath, which I had never experienced before. I had an uncontrollable, persistent dry cough and the doc said I had slight upper respiratory congestion. He prescribed antibiotics, a nasal inhaler, and Mucinex. It was a month before I got over that sucker. One thing he did, which I think helped immensely was to prescribe the use of that plastic breathing device with the blue weight in a vertical tube that you raise to the top by inhaling slowly into the device. You repeat the practice ten times every hour. It seemed to help open the alveoli and bring up the phlegm to get it out of my lungs. If you get the flu this season take it seriously, it can sneak up on you a second time just when you think you are getting better.


51 posted on 02/20/2020 5:14:41 AM PST by iontheball
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To: jps098

61 years ago, at the age of 9, I had my one and only flu shot. 8 hrs later, I developed severe chills and eventually bedridden for two weeks. This was the sickest I have ever been in my 70 years. No flu shots for me...but hey, if it works for you...go for it!


52 posted on 02/20/2020 5:15:25 AM PST by Bulldog67 (Train up a child in the way he should go)
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To: bert

Your first sentence is not correct.

One wants to optimize D3 levels year round. I take a much higher dose than what you list to keep my levels at the correct level.

Anyone who wants info on vitamin D should check out the vitamin D council & John Cannell.


53 posted on 02/20/2020 5:16:30 AM PST by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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To: HighSierra5

Yes. Complications of Influenza tent to kill at the extremes of age, the young and the old.

This child had a typical fatal outcome from the flu. It was the secondary bacterial infection that killed her.


54 posted on 02/20/2020 5:19:58 AM PST by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: RummyChick

For the parents here who read this story and don’t think much about it..trust me..it CAN happen to you.

So read up on cytokine storm and ways you will try to combat it should your family have to deal with such a thing.

Also helpful if you catch the Wuhan Flu.

The problem here is that you cannot tell on the first day or two of symptoms whether it’s..oh you just have the flu..you will be fine.... or whether it turns into ...flight in a helicopter and death in 4 days.


55 posted on 02/20/2020 5:20:14 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: SecAmndmt

You are correct but to a newcomer, taking it at all in winter is a starting point.

Regarding dosage, there are those on this thread who will not begin with a massive dose. There is a learning curve

There are those here who scoff even though there have been many many long D3 threads with tons of evidence presented.

How can such a simple thing be real?


56 posted on 02/20/2020 5:22:13 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: from occupied ga

Well you’ve already commented twice on an “unimportant” story.


57 posted on 02/20/2020 5:24:14 AM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: silverleaf

Dr. Marik in VA cures sepsis with intravenous Vit C and some other things.


58 posted on 02/20/2020 5:25:39 AM PST by Wm F Buckley Republican
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To: COBOL2Java

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3817991/posts


59 posted on 02/20/2020 5:28:44 AM PST by Norski
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To: Adder

i bet the mom is thrilled to be interviewed too...


60 posted on 02/20/2020 5:29:53 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world)
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