4 Children Die In Colorado From The Flu
POSTED: Wednesday, November 26, 2003
UPDATED: 11:13 am EST November 26,
2003
Three more children have died of flu-related illnesses, bringing to at least four the number of fatalities in Colorado this season, officials said Tuesday.
An 8-year-old Wellington boy died Monday, Larimer County health officials said. A 2-year-old and a 21-month-old died at The Children's Hospital in Denver in the past week, hospital officials said.None of the children's names were released and the hospital did not release the victims' sex or dates of death.A 15-year-old who had the flu and other conditions died at Children's last week and was believed to be the first flu death in the state this season.Colorado has had 2,648 confirmed cases of the flu this season, including more than 1,100 reported in just four days, the most dramatic surge in the virus in at least five years."It's crazy," said Denver pediatrician Dean Prina, who saw 40 children Monday. "It started earlier this year and seems more intense. It's among the worst flu seasons I've seen in my 23 years.''Colorado's outbreak is considered widespread, the most serious category. Texas and Nevada also have widespread outbreaks, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.The statewide school absentee rate was 7 percent last week, worse than the highest rate of a year ago.Officials said the actual number of cases is probably much higher than the reported number because most adults with the virus don't see a doctor.Also Monday, Kaiser Permanente of Colorado said more than 50 people may have inadvertently been given a polio or pneumonia vaccine instead of the flu shot.Six people may have been given polio vaccine in Englewood and 50 may have gotten a pneumonia shot in Lakewood, spokeswoman Jacque Montgomery said.Neither vaccine should cause health problems and everyone involved will be offered the flu shot again, she said.
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