Was the 15 year old boy who dies from the flu in good health before he got sick?”
Yes he was healthy. Article: BALTIMORE — A 15-year-old Howard County boy is one of two local teenagers to die from the flu in the last two weeks, health officials said. 11 p.m. Team Coverage: Kerry Cavanaugh, Lowell Melser Lisa Robinson Reports Although deaths among young people from the flu are rare, they can happen, and the health department is encouraging residents to protect themselves. Howard County Health Commissioner Dr. Peter Beilenson said 15-year-old Zachary Weiland was a healthy, athletic teenager. “He came down with the flu, was seen within hours of that and died of severe complications of the flu,” Beilenson said. Weiland was a 10th-grade student at Mount Airy Christian Academy, where he was an athlete who played four sports and three musical instruments. Family members told WBAL-TV 11 News that he was an otherwise healthy teenager who, when he first got sick, complained about a shortness of breath, but on Sunday it became too much for him. “I was holding his hand and I c
More on that story here: http://www.wbaltv.com/health/18795157/detail.html Although deaths among young people from the flu are rare, they can happen, and the health department is encouraging residents to protect themselves. Howard County Health Commissioner Dr. Peter Beilenson said 15-year-old Zachary Weiland was a healthy, athletic teenager. “He came down with the flu, was seen within hours of that and died of severe complications of the flu,” Beilenson said. Weiland was a 10th-grade student at Mount Airy Christian Academy, where he was an athlete who played four sports and three musical instruments. Family members told WBAL-TV 11 News that he was an otherwise healthy teenager who, when he first got sick, complained about a shortness of breath, but on Sunday it became too much for him. “He was a healthy, eating-you-out-of-house-and-home 15-year-old,” said Kirk Weiland, the boy’s father. “Within a six-hour p
