Flu-Related Deaths Raise Concerns Among Brighton Residents
Two Fenton residents have died after experiencing flu-like symptoms in the last week.
Two recent deaths in Fenton linked to flu-related symptoms have Brighton area residents a little more on edge about the illness. Lake Fenton freshman Joshua Polehna, 15, died Saturday after being hospitalized with flu-like symptoms. Last week, Fenton resident and father of five Kirk Beauchamp, 44, died three days after becoming ill with flu symptoms. Twenty-nine states, including Michigan, are now reporting high Influeza-like illness activity, according to the Center for Disease Control. Flu season has hit hard and early this year. As of last week, 285 confirmed cases had been reported statewide, including three pediatric deaths, according to the Detroit Free Press. "We had some early (outbreak) years in '03 and '07, but this is the …
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Kim
6:03 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
Everyone had their opinion on what to put in their families bodies. But even the Doctors, and schools tell you "your child can go to school with a cough,and runny nose (as long as it is not a specific color). If there is a fever absolutely not. Also jobs don't care if you are sick, in most cases. I just interviewed for a job, and the person said, "you work when sick, if you call off you are fired… more ›