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Posted on 03/19/2020 12:33:23 PM PDT by TigerClaws
A 34-year-old man has died in California after testing positive of coronavirus just days ago, and 2 weeks after visiting Walt Disney World and Universal Studios in Florida ... TMZ has learned.
Jeffrey Ghazarian from Glendora, CA, died Thursday morning at a Pasadena hospital after spending 5 days hooked up to a ventilator and battling for his life ... according to his family.
His sister says ... "He suffered a lot and put up a good fight. We will miss our Jeff everyday but we are thankful for all the fun happy memories of the times we had together."
Jeff's timeline regarding his COVID-19 infection is terrifying and should be eye-opening for people of all ages. According to his family, he flew from L.A. to Orlando on March 2 for a work conference, but stayed a few extra days to visit Disney World and Universal theme parks with friends.
We're told on March 7 he developed a cough, and the next day he coughed up blood. He flew back to LAX on March 9 ... and immediately went to the ER, where he also had a high fever.
The family says a chest x-ray confirmed Jeff had pneumonia, and he was tested for COVID-19 and sent home with fluids and antibiotics and instructed to self-quarantine until he got the results back.
We're told the results came back positive on March 13, and Jeff was provided a portable oxygen meter to keep an eye on his levels ... which took a turn for the worse that afternoon.
On March 14 he was taken by ambulance to the hospital and quickly transferred to the ICU when it was discovered his lungs were 60-70 percent blocked with pneumonia. Doctors decided the best path forward was to sedate and intubate, hoping a ventilator would help his lungs heal.
Sadly -- and despite the family claiming he was approved for antiviral meds -- he took a turn for the worse and never got the medication in time ... and passed away Thursday morning.
It appears Jeffrey was an at-risk patient. He had a history of asthma and frequent bronchitis as a child, though he outgrew that. He also had beat testicular cancer back in 2016.
The CDC now says young people can also be at grave risk ... and this underscores the danger.
He was 34.
RIP
Yes. I noticed that.
Very sad story.
Thanks!
Oh, my.
So this poor guy would have died if he’d just caught the flu, right?
The old and weak get sick and die first, NOT ONLY.
The old and weak take all the ICU beds and ventilators, and many won’t make it.
DO NOT mistake this for the fallacy that CV only kills and injures the old and weak!
They just get to the ICU first, and glut the initial death reports.
This is a clear lesson from Italy.
Yeah well, asthma and bronchitis isn’t exactly super-sickly.
Lots of us have more minor conditions that this disease kills.
Why is it idiotic?
Very clearly my point was that the media goes out of their way to write misleading headlines to create panic.
Think of all the people that go to Disney World and they are from every country.
"It appears Jeffrey was an at-risk patient. He had a history of asthma and frequent bronchitis as a child, though he outgrew that. He also had beat testicular cancer back in 2016. "
And cancer.
Don’t a large amount of Americans have some type of pre-existing condition? Obesity, diabetes, asthma, cardio issues...
That’s one nasty cold.
I’ve got three of those four LOL.
I’m ok on the weight.
If he got it then have others who visited DW at that time come down with it? He may have spread it to others.
WORK CONFERENCE.
Then family and friends then flight home.
The cystic fibrosis people must be terrified. None of them could handle this virus.
It was not his age!!!!!!
Way down in the article:
“It appears Jeffrey was an at-risk patient. He had a history of asthma and frequent bronchitis as a child, though he outgrew that. He also had beat testicular cancer back in 2016. “
Childhood Asthma is very common folks .
About 25 million people .
About 48 % of all children had a asthma attack at one time .
That is a large portion of the population .
More whistle by the graveyard .
The Denial here is unreal.
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