SitRep Houston: Mexican child was visiting family in Brownsville
Posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 10:35AM
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Scott McPherson
in Politics and government, influenza and infectious diseases
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The statement that just came out of Houston clarified the circumstances surrounding the first death in the United States of a person due to swine influenza. Initial news reports said the child was Mexican and the family took the child to the US for treatment.
Wrong.
The child was Mexican, but the family was visiting relatives in Brownsville, Texas when the child suddenly became very ill. The child wound up in Houston and died there.
This disclosure will, as you can imagine, create far more questions than answers. This child was shedding virus all the while he was here. Let's watch and learn.
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