U.S. H1N1 Victim Visited Texas Mall
Mexico City Child Spent Day Shopping At Huge Indoor Mall Before Falling Ill
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Dr. Jeffrey Starke, right, Director of Infection Control and Chairman of the Infection Control Committee at Texas Children's Hospital, takes a question about the death of a child from H1N1 during a news conference Wednesday, April 29, 2009 in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Cameron County Judge Carlos Cascos, who interviewed members of the Brownsville family with whom the toddler was staying, said they spent three nights in Houston just before he fell ill.
The hospital and health officials on Wednesday said the 23-month old boy had traveled from Mexico City to Brownsville, where he became sick and was medically transported to Texas Children's Hospital. They said he had had no outside contact. The family has shown no symptoms.
President Obama offered "my thoughts and prayers" to the family of a nearly boy who died in Houston, the first confirmed U.S. fatality among more than five dozen infections.
Texas called off all public high school athletic and academic competitions at least until May 11 due to the outbreak.
Schools are viewed as the perfect breeding ground for this flu, CBS News correspondent Bianca Solorzano reports.

Early Show medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton explained the raise in alert level, saying the shift is from "preparation to action."
"They're getting their sandbags ready for a flood," Ashton said.
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to worry about. babys, old folks, people with poor immune capacity should avoid public places
whenever possible. when you go out to stores, public places, carry antibacterial wipes, even
baby wipes, or stronger, wipe your shopping cart handles, doorknobs, things that come close
to your face. www.citazioni-celebri.com/frases-celebres
Posted by jsilver2th at 12:46 AM : May 1, 2009
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We would do a whole lot better if we could also get rid of all the foreigners who have move here and ruined this great state.
to worry about. babys, old folks, people with poor immune capacity should avoid public places
whenever possible. when you go out to stores, public places, carry antibacterial wipes, even
baby wipes, or stronger, wipe your shopping cart handles, doorknobs, things that come close
to your face. you shouldn't have any more risk than that of catching a common cold. wash hands
always, be careful.
or any plague, for that matter. The Black plague...
Houston Independent school district sent out phone messages instructing parents to go pick their kids up.
Posted by photolex ,,,,
Houstons ktrk has confirmed the family was visiting houston, they went to the Galleria, and stayed at one of the Hotels lining Westheimer.
They went back to Brownsville, where the child took ill.
and as a result the child was transported back to Houstons Texas Childrens hospital.
Posted by azulene at 9:44 AM
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You are correct. The most fundamental practices of journalism seem lost at CBS.
Posted by BerkeleySkirtLifter at 9:54 AM : Apr 30, 2009 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
the government does not want to disclose facts like that because that would hurt their partners in crime,,,,that would be corporate America,,,you know,,,the guys who LINE the pockets of both parties,,,with lobby dollars.
610 and Westheimer.
What's the point? Anyone exposed is already sick, has recovered or not infected. This was a week ago.
Just relax and as another poster said, just put your mask back on.
that would either Be Katy Mills or Galleria,
But, Katy Mills is deffinitely the largest one we have.
Where did this family stay in Brownsville? - a hotel? with family?
- by credibility2 April 30, 2009 12:27 PM EDT
- It's obvious that not releasing a photo of the Mexican kid, along with any relatives that were with it at the time of visiting the mall, that officials care more about protecting the anonymity of these individuals versus their obligation to alerting those that might have been in the mall at that time that they might have been exposed to the deadly virus by this infected kid.
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