first death in U.S. from swine flu confirmed.

[cali]

US has first death from swine flu -govt official

WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - A government official confirmed the first U.S. death from the new H1N1 swine flu on Wednesday, a 23-month-old child who died in Texas.

It is the first death from swine flu reported outside Mexico, the country hardest hit by the influenza outbreak. The official gave no other details on the case. U.S. officials have confirmed 65 cases of swine flu, most of them mild.

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2938123420090429

Let's renember that this augers exactly nothing. Seasonal flu kills thousands in this country every year.

[Danger Mouse]

1. Poor baby.

:(

[Tim01]

2. Damn! Is it time to panic yet?

[geckosfeet]

3. Over one swine flu death? More people die from other causes on a daily basis.

This swine flue BS is so overhyped it is ridiculous.

Not to diminish the loss of the child, or any of the deaths from this flu, but more people die in traffic accidents, from heart disease and guns on daily basis.

[cali]

5. I agree. Even if it turns out to be a pandemic

it's being and has been overhyped to date. The MSM lives down to its unstated motto: Sensationalism is Us.

[Tim01]

7. But I like pandas. They're all cute and fuzzy.

No reason to go to the zoo without pandas.

[Tim01]

6. Car crashes are not contagious though.

I don't know a thing about the swine flu. If you say it isn't something to worry about that's good enough for me, for now.

[Forkboy]

10. You've clearly never driven around Boston.

:D

[pokercat999]

9. Hey man, it gets eyes on those news shows and that

generates advertising dollars. Nevermind that it causes unnecessary worry and even panic, it's the dollars that count, screw "the people".

[Hannah Bell]

4. interesting reportage:

"A U.S. government official has told Reuters that a 23-month-old child from Texas is the first American to die from the swine flu outbreak. If true, this would be the first death from swine flu reported outside
Mexico"

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/SwineFlu/story?id=7456439&page=1

on edit: confirmed.

http://www.businessinsider.com/first-us-death-confirmed-2009-4


well, i guess it's back to the non-stop panic news.

on edit: yessirree, over in breaking, advising everyone stock up on food in case they're quarantined.

[pipoman]

8. Definitely falls within the most at risk demographic

which is true for all flu varieties.

This whole swine flu hysteria so reminds me of the swine flu hysteria of the 1970's when more people died or were forever impaired from the vaccine than the flu.