Christine 🌻 Guenter
The child presented at hospital days before with conjunctivitis, fever, and cough. They were sent home w/o testing. The window for antivirals closed. The child returned on Nov. 8, on death’s doorstep. Why is this fact ignored/dismissed/glossed over? 🤨🤔
Infectious Disease Tracker
"I called my colleague at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control and arranged for urgent testing for the H5N1 test, which is for the avian flu strain. That was done that same day, and we had that result by the evening of the admission to our hospital," Goldfarb said.
