Girl and Doctor die of Swine flu

[efq]

A six-year-old girl and a GP have become the latest people to die of swine flu - taking the number of UK deaths to 17.


Chloe Buckley was a pupil at St Catherine's School in West Drayton


Chloe Buckley, from north west London, died on Thursday at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington.
She was a pupil at St Catherine's School in West Drayton, north west London.
Headteacher Sara Benn said: "It is impossible to put into words the sorrow that the whole school feels in such tragic circumstances.

"Chloe was a bright and tenacious student with a keen interest in sports.
"She will be missed by her fellow pupils and her teachers at the school. Our thoughts are with her parents and family at this time."
A post-mortem examination will be carried out to determine if she had any underlying health conditions.
Bedfordshire GP Dr Michael Day died on Saturday in the Luton and Dunstable Hospital.
A swab test taken at the hospital confirmed him as being positive for the H1N1 Swine Flu virus.
The exact cause of death in this case is still unknown.

Dr Michael Day

Dr Paul Hassan, senior partner at Priory Gardens Health Centre, said: "This news has come as such a shock to us all and we are completely devastated."
The latest deaths come after the first British patient without underlying health problems died on Friday after contracting swine flu.
The patient, from Essex, died in Basildon.
Nearly 10,000 Britons have been confirmed with swine flu after it spread to the UK from Mexico.
However, hundreds of thousands more people in the UK are thought to have the virus.
The total number of cases in the country are now being estimated rather than counted individually.
The UK has the third highest case total in the world after Mexico, which has 10,262 cases, and the US, which has at least 33,902.

God, lets hope they both had underlying health problems but I find that hard to believe in a doctor.
We can't start losing doctors now.

Also there was another article about 3 people who had the virus that had mutated and had become immune to the anti-viral 'Tamiflu' but have said they have isolated the virus from anyone else.

[Wahey]

Heard about this

Well the doctor is old and the girl was young, so i don't think it's too threatening atm

[-:Undertaker:-]

The girl didn't have underlying health problems it said on Sky News just then, I doubt the Doctor did either if he was still working at the time. It does make me worry, because as colder weather will approach within a few months the virus could become much stronger and deadly.

[efq]

The girl didn't have underlying health problems it said on Sky News just then, I doubt the Doctor did either if he was still working at the time. It does make me worry, because as colder weather will approach within a few months the virus could become much stronger and deadly.

Being why they are trying to get everyone in the UK vaccinated ASAP.

[myke]

Ok. That's just freaky. That doctor is like... near me :|

PANICKING IRL HERE.

it's ok.

i have my anti bacterial handwash which i've had for lyk 3 yrs in ma pocket (H)

shame they had to die well. didn't have to. you get me

[Wahey]

The girl didn't have underlying health problems it said on Sky News just then, I doubt the Doctor did either if he was still working at the time. It does make me worry, because as colder weather will approach within a few months the virus could become much stronger and deadly.

She was six...? He was old?
Obviously they're going to have a higher chance of dying from Swine Flu

[Sammeth.]

Oh man, it won't be long till we're all dead now. We had a good run I guess.

[Absently]

I don't think six is that young? It'd be different if she was a baby o.o

whups

[Wahey]

Six is still quite young

[LuketheDuke]

In some ways I kinda hope I catch a mild form of it now and get it out of the way, as its getting a bit spooky now.

Still, the press are going to start milking this pandemic so I shall take whats reported with a pinch of salt.