howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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13 January 2011
18:3788798#1
east kent hospitals trust have announced that 4 people died of the flu at the william harvey hospital in ashford over a 5 day period recently.
two died of the swine flu type, 2 others were only in their 30's.
normally it is the elderly that are the most common victims.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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13 January 2011
19:0888802#2
These flu deaths are very sad. I had a liflong friend who died of swine flu last year, although she did have an underlying medical condition....but it seems such a waste. She battled other illness for a long time but in the end the flu took her.
Yes young people are indeed dying, even kids.
The shortage of flu vaccine isnt helping.
The middle-aged are the most at risk group according to the BBC tonight.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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13 January 2011
19:1288804#3
A total of 112 people with flu have died in the UK since September, that's scary.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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13 January 2011
19:2788814#4
scary indeed jeane, there was a story in the papers this morning about a 3 year old child dying.
it seems the vaccines should have been made readily available to the very young.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
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13 January 2011
19:3088815#5
From what I understood from the news the other day death figures are more or less the same as any other year, but this is no consolation for the families and friends involved.
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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13 January 2011
21:2788843#6
apparently they are not giving the under 5s flu jabs,on saying that the vunarable kids are.
footnote,there is nothing worse than hearing about a child dieing,it makes me quite sad to hear of it espesaly if somthing can/could be done to stop it.
14 January 2011
15:3988923#7
It makes my blood boil hearing young kids being denied access to this simple and cheap vaccine so much for looking after the future generation
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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14 January 2011
17:0388932#8
a vaccine costs 6 quid apparently, hardly expensive when compared to the risks of not having them.
14 January 2011
17:0888934#9
Im sure all parents would buy that to save their kids