# H1N1 is trying to kill my sister.... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 9, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1n1-is-trying-to-kill-my-sister/680877 "2014-02-09T03:30:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1n1-is-trying-to-kill-my-sister/680877/21 "2014-02-10T16:57:13Z")
Best wishes to both \*\*hajario \*\*and **Cold Dish** and their respective families. Please keep us posted, when you can. ---
**Author:** ![No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_umlaut_for_U)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1n1-is-trying-to-kill-my-sister/680877/22 "2014-02-11T18:12:32Z")
Healing thoughts sent forth. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1n1-is-trying-to-kill-my-sister/680877/23 "2014-02-15T04:45:22Z")
Just lost a good friend to H1N1 this afternoon. He had his vaccine, but his immune system was weakened by recent cancer treatments and it got him anyway - just completely trashed his lungs. Dammit just saw him a little while ago at a mutual friend’s wedding and we were all so happy that he seemed to have beaten back the cancer. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1n1-is-trying-to-kill-my-sister/680877/24 "2014-02-15T05:17:53Z")
I am so sorry for you, MrsCake. I lost my sister yesterday. This whole thing has been surreal. She left behind beautiful twin five year old daughters. I can’t believe that I typed those words about my family. Such a tragedy. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1n1-is-trying-to-kill-my-sister/680877/25 "2014-02-15T06:04:26Z")
Holy fuck, how awful :(. My condolences **Mrs. Cake** and **hajario**. And best wishes to you as well **Cold Dish** - I hope your sister is holding up okay. Apparently in CA the flu has killed almost 10x as many people under 65 this year as last. It’s been a miserable season. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1n1-is-trying-to-kill-my-sister/680877/26 "2014-02-15T06:06:12Z")
duplicate. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1n1-is-trying-to-kill-my-sister/680877/27 "2014-02-15T06:33:49Z")
**Mrs. Cake** and **hajario** , I’m so sorry to hear about this. You must be reeling. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1n1-is-trying-to-kill-my-sister/680877/28 "2014-02-15T06:51:29Z")
I’m so very sorry for you both. I know two people with confirmed H1N1 right now, one a child, and it’s just nerve-wracking. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1n1-is-trying-to-kill-my-sister/680877/29 "2014-02-15T06:59:54Z")
I’m so sorry for you, **hajario** , and for the little girls, and for their father. How truly awful… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1n1-is-trying-to-kill-my-sister/680877/30 "2014-02-15T07:16:38Z")
I’m so sorry to hear that, **hajario** and **Mrs. Cake**. Taken by a flu seems so unreal - you’re supposed to just feel miserable for a week and then it’s over. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1n1-is-trying-to-kill-my-sister/680877/31 "2014-02-15T07:49:59Z")
Darn it, I’m terribly sorry to hear that **Hajario** , my brother also had a run in with that but luckily he did not need to go to the hospital, but his doctor almost had him in; brother lost weeks of work but he is getting better. We have been lucky over here. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1n1-is-trying-to-kill-my-sister/680877/32 "2014-02-15T07:50:03Z")
How awful for you both. Thinking of you. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1n1-is-trying-to-kill-my-sister/680877/33 "2014-02-15T14:16:27Z")
So sorry for the both of you; your families will be in my thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1n1-is-trying-to-kill-my-sister/680877/34 "2014-02-15T19:53:15Z")
Hajario and Mrs. Cake - I’m so sorry for your losses. My thoughts are with you. ---
**Author:** ![Mneme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@Mneme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mneme)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1n1-is-trying-to-kill-my-sister/680877/35 "2014-02-17T17:18:25Z")
I lost my brother to complications of the flu last week - double pneumonia led to needing a ventilator, then dialysis, and then to cascading failures of other organs. He was 53. He did not get a flu shot this year. Empathy and condolences to Cold Dish, Hajario and Mrs. Cake, and to your families…there really are no words. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1n1-is-trying-to-kill-my-sister/680877/36 "2014-02-17T17:58:17Z")
> [@Mneme](#): > > Empathy and condolences to Cold Dish, Hajario and Mrs. Cake, and to your families…there really are no words. And to you too, **Mneme**. This is one of the deadliest flus in decades. Please, everyone, get your flu shots. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1n1-is-trying-to-kill-my-sister/680877/37 "2014-02-17T18:28:02Z")
I’m sorry to hear that, **Mneme**. This is apparently a terrible flu season this year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1n1-is-trying-to-kill-my-sister/680877.md?page=1)