Wow Semper, I used to live in Manning, right down on the lake
and I worked up in Sumter.
Jasper county is ridiculously poor and I'm sure the general health of
kids there is relatively bad. Like many other supposed swine flu
deaths there is usually an underlying cause like asthma or
a heart condition. We'll see, but I doubt that there will be any
other fatalities attributed to the flu in that area. I'm sure there
will be a correlation of swine flu deaths and poverty, disease
always seems to work that way. Thanks for keeping us
posted Semper!


[edit on 24-9-2009 by Asktheanimals]

[edit on 24-9-2009 by Asktheanimals]

Reading on other reported cases it seeems that Pneumonia is the more common. there seems to be a relationship with it and h1n1. I dont know what but if you read about the cases where mass goups got it pneumonia is in the group as well.

She didn't die from swine flu.

She died of pneumonia.

Sad, really. My heart goes out to her parents. To lose one so young to pneumonia of all things >_<

More info from school..........

September 8, 2009

Dear Parents,

It has come to the school’s attention that two of our children have been positively diagnosed with the H1N1 virus (also referred to as swine flu). This information came to us this morning prompting me to inform our parent body about this issue. The students who have the flu did not have a temperature while on campus and, therefore, were not contagious. Listed below are some of the recommendations that both South Carolina DHEC and the CDC have emphasized to slow the spread of the flu.

Swine flu has been circulating in our state, as well as other states, since May of 2009. South Carolina DHEC has been monitoring this virus throughout the summer and continues to monitor as schools have opened for the 2009-2010 school year.

The swine flu spreads the same way that regular seasonal flu viruses spread; mainly through the coughs and sneezes of people who are sick with the flu. It also spreads by touching contaminated objects and then touching your eyes, nose or mouth.

We need your help to prevent the further spread of flu among our children and Laurence Manning Academy. Some things that you can do to help slow the spread of the flu:

•Talk with your child about hand washing. Frequent hand washing with soap and warm water helps remove viruses and other germs. Children should wash their hands for about 20 seconds or longer.

•Teach your child to cover his or her mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing and then to throw the tissue away. Your child can cough or sneeze into his or her upper sleeve if no tissue is handy. Wash hands afterward.

•Keep your child home if he or she has a fever of 100◦F or higher with a cough or sore throat for which there is no known cause. Call your child’s school or childcare provider and tell them your child’s symptoms. In most cases, your child can return after he or she has been fever free for at least 24 hours without taking fever-reducing medications.

•Make sure that we have a way to reach you (turn-in your medical info. and general info. sheets if you have not done so). Children who become ill with flu-like symptoms at school or childcare must be sent home.

We greatly appreciate your help and understanding. To view the childcare and school exclusion lists, you can visit the DHEC web site: www.scdhec.gov/health/disease/exclusion.htm. They list information about when a child should be kept home.

At this time, South Carolina DHEC does not advise cancellation of any school related activities. Information on the novel H1N1 (swine flu) continues to change quickly. The administration of Laurence Manning Academy will remain in contact with our local DHEC authorities to do all we possibly can to help slow the spread of the virus and keep you informed as best we can.

Together we can slow the spread of flu.

With regards,

Spencer A. Jordan


Headmaster

Originally posted by Chiiru
She didn't die from swine flu.

She died of pneumonia.

Sad, really. My heart goes out to her parents. To lose one so young to pneumonia of all things >_<

I think just about all swine flu victims died from pneumonia... swine flu CAUSES pneumonia... They call it COMPLICATIONS FROM SWINE FLU.

This is interesting, the UGA football team members also were diagnosed with swine flu.

One of the players was quarantine and could not attend the first game of the season, but the rest of the team that had the flu already got over it and played.

Supposedly all the team got some variations of the flu, but they all did well and they are back at the game.

Also many other teams around the nation had also problems with players been sick.

I have not hear that the UGA campus has been closed because students are sick.

Here in my neck of woods the flu the cases has been sporadic and since the school years started no schools has been closed yet

[edit on 24-9-2009 by marg6043]

Considering that the black plague had three variants, pneumonia being the 95% mortality rate one, could be good reason for it being what it is. Would be interesting if these were the initial outbreaks, the spread could be rather insane in speed if comparable to outbreaks of the past. Considering the concentration of people it'd be nothing for this to get out of hand and fast.