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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
20-year-old dies from coronavirus after doctors told him 'no need to worry'
2020-03-20
[Washington Examiner] A 20-year-old Spanish soccer coach who was told by doctors he had "no need to worry" died a few days later from the coronavirus.

Francisco Garcia, a coach of a youth soccer team, died a few days after developing symptoms on March 6, which were later identified as complications of the coronavirus, according to his family.

"His doctor told him to take paracetamol and sent him home and said there was no need to worry," his stepfather, Juan Fernandez, told the Sun on Wednesday.

Fernandez said his stepson's condition worsened overnight, so they went back to the health center where he got antibiotics and was told again to go back home.

"We didn’t think anything was really wrong, and nor did they, then," Fernandez said. "But, by the next day, he couldn’t stand up properly, and he had a fever. We knew it was a bit more serious than a cold or the flu, so we drove him to Carlos Haya Hospital where they admitted him immediately and put him on a ventilator."

"That was the last time Irene and I saw him," he added.

Doctors ran tests on Garcia and found that he not only had the coronavirus but also leukemia.
Posted by:Besoeker

#12  Thank you TW.
Looks like Home-Ec credit to me.

Shoot, I think even I could do that, but I bet it ain't no 20 minutes and will look like a horror film.

Rifle cleaning = shop credit? Starting to get a bit fired up about home schooling.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-03-20 17:28  

#11   Get the daughter on the sewing machine and start making masks and mittens?

Do that. This article links to directions and a how-to video.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-03-20 16:09  

#10   Leukemia huh? Nice of them to mention that.

I try not to hate nothing but hatred, but I swear that journalists are getting on my last nerve.
Posted by: SteveS   2020-03-20 15:21  

#9  Couldn't agree with you more, swksvolFF.

As for the Leukemia, that blows up your immune system anyway. Wonder if the young man even knew he had it.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2020-03-20 15:05  

#8  Leukemia huh? Nice of them to mention that. Just another bullshit formatting of an article to induce panic rather than impart information.
Posted by: Crusader   2020-03-20 13:41  

#7  Socialized Medicine in action. Death Panels. Obviously he did not pass their Criteria for Access. Do you think they just tell people to go home and die? When HC is a "right" and everyone expects it, you can't simply outright declare to the person's face that they won't be treated - that lacks european sophistication. What you do is create plausible deniability.

To the the authors credit, at least he did disclose the preexisting condition.
Posted by: mossomo   2020-03-20 11:32  

#6  Bullshit articles like this are why anyone who is a bit hypochondriac, has allergies, skittish, or wants to be flu chic will flood hospitals for testing and use up whatever kits are available and at the same time bring whatever their vector is into the hospitals.

I want to know how to do things myself/crew served recovery room because it will quickly become "If you aren't sick yet, visit a hospital."

What do we need here? IV and fluid, lung steroid, liquid nutrition? Get the daughter on the sewing machine and start making masks and mittens?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-03-20 11:22  

#5  but also leukemia

Gee, think that should be mentioned somewhere before the last word of the report.

Whatever the sickness is or is not, selling Wuhan Tickets this way is part of the problem.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-03-20 10:52  

#4  Please back off, grom. This isn't a pissing match. No one's attacking you. Have a drink today. Enjoy some fresh air.

Maybe you're right, maybe I'm right, maybe we're both wrong. None of us really knows, and the world will little note what any of us says now about this.

Frankly, I just care about my family. I'm happy to be wrong if it helps them.

Peace,
L.
Posted by: Lex   2020-03-20 10:42  

#3  From my new book, How to Die Young from Coronavirus:
1) Get leukemia first.
2) Die.
3) Journalism.
Posted by: Floluper Sinatra3290   2020-03-20 09:45  

#2  Doctors ran tests on Garcia and found that he not only had the coronavirus but also leukemia.
Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735   2020-03-20 09:10  

#1  I'm waiting for Lex's comment.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB   2020-03-20 08:55  

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