Breaking news on Sky - A primary school child has died of swine flu (london)

[poopscoop]

here

any underlying health problems?

Ugh, dread.

It's Sky though - not the most reliable news source.

the quality of journalism on sky is shocking.
'He described her death as "sad" '.

poor wee girl.

I'm wonering if the virus has already mutated.

Agree, FaceBoak. They said the death occurred on Thursday and went on to say it happened 'after' the person with no underlying health problems died on Friday. Erm, Thursday is before Friday, isn't it...?

poor child, rip
thinking of his/her families at this time
hsl x

I think they meant that this news came out after the news about the man on Friday.

They also say that a post mortem will be carried to see if there were any underlying issues that may have contributed to it. I take it from that, that if there were any her family were not aware . In which case it could be another 'healthy' person death. Shit, in that case I am going to start getting worried. Was not before. DD & DSs schools are both infected. Wondering whether to keep them off school for the last few days of term??

My youngest's school is infected as well but I just don't see how you can avoid this. Or rather, you can delay, maybe, but doubt you can avoid it totally. It is concernng though.

very sad - but there are always "healthy person" deaths due normal flu seasons as well. With the young and the eldery most at risk.

Oh, how desperately sad. Poor family. Sends shudders down your spine, doesn't it?

I alwasy interpret "young" to be newborns/babies. School age children, you assume, should be strong and healthy.

shit - should have broken that last post up into 2 paragraphs - they were 2 separate points

I am really starting to worry now. We've all been exposed at DC school. Doesn't seem much point in keeping them off because it is in the community and we can't become reclusive. So don't want the baby to get it.

I hate the way that 'underlying halth issues' seems to be a re-assurance - an indication that everyone can go 'oh, that's ok then' (in the reporting - I'm not saying that's what MNers do).

It isn't OK. It means that thousands of parents of disabled or vulnerable children, who have happily recovered from a range of childhood illnesses such as colds, flu, cp etc, are terrified that this illness may take thier child.

And from schools I have contact with in London, I think it's being under-reported. I mean, more children have died.

i think the vaccination should start by now.

Blu - do you mean there have actually been more swine flu related deaths than they are saying?

Or that those with all the risk factors that you mentioned are not being made aware that it's more dangerous for them?

BBC

Blu I totally agree about the underlying health conditions, my DD has a health condition, she gets the flu vaccine for this reason. So the underlying health condition bit makes me more worried not less. Poor child and family how awful. Is the vaccine likely to be available soon?

I think the 1st lot of vaccine is due end of August

Wonder why the UK apparently has the third highest number of confirmed cases in the world, after Mexico and the US?

and is that [population] proportionately? If not then eek.

Total confirmed cases it says, so looks like not per head of population (but if one was to dig into the original stats, it may well be).

Anyway, eek at most recent development, a GP has died in my nearest hospital. poor man