Posted on 06/06/2019 4:06:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The Health Ministry in Fiji said an investigation into the cause of death is ongoing.
"Influenza has been ruled out, and at this stage, we do not believe there is a risk to the public," the Fiji Ministry of Health said in a statement released on Tuesday. "It would be premature to speculate further on the cause of death until the investigation is complete."
Five people, including medical staff who came in close contact with the couple at the clinic where they were treated and both died, have been quarantined and are being monitored at a hospital in Nadi, Fiji, as a precaution.
The Health Ministry said those under observation are all "currently well."
Medical staff at the Nadi Hospital told ABC News that relatives of the five people under observation are not being allowed to visit them.
A spokesperson for the World Health Organization, or WHO, said in a statement on Tuesday the agency is "providing access to laboratory and other technical services in Australia" to analyze specimens taken during autopsies of Michelle and David Paul.
"We are working closely with the Ministry, the CDC and our partners," WHO's statement reads.
A Fiji Health Ministry spokeswoman would only confirm to ABC News that blood samples from the couple were sent to a laboratory abroad for testing and the results could come back as early as the end of this week.
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Don’t drink the water.
Don't travel to a foreign land. Fiji, Mexico, all urban areas of California.
It would be premature to speculate
“Five people, including medical staff who came in close contact with the couple at the clinic where they were treated and both died, have been quarantined and are being monitored at a hospital in Nadi, Fiji, as a precaution.”
I HOPE it ends up just being precautionary! Some Socialist dope with a vial of this or that could REALLY be a problem for all of us.
Interesting situation. I hope we’re ‘allowed’ to learn more. Sometimes the Enemy Media lies to us. ;)
You can add Dominican Republic to that list. At least three Americans have died there recently from a fast acting mystery disease—healthy one minute, dead a few minutes later.
Probably should include Los Angeles on that list too, if you don't want typhus or bubonic plague. Cholera should surface in L.A. before summer's end.
“... and we do not believe there is a risk to the public.”
So not a contagion... that leaves deliberate or accidental exposure to a toxin. Counterfeit booze made with methanol?
Throwing up for 8 hours...if they tried rehydrating they pretty much purged their system of un-absorbed toxins. Loose bowels would have expelled even more in their digestive track. They weren’t lucky enough to get quick competant medical help.
Long ago I had food poisoning on the Upper West Side in NYC....was vomiting bright red blood. at the end of a 6 hr ordeal. Fortunately my wife was there to try and restore electrolytes and my dear DR. MIL called colleagues at Bellevue to receive me. Was told I flatlined briefly in the ambulance. Took four units of blood. Two days of testing revealed no toxins in blood and stomach samples. Kept under observation for a week...final verdict, Mystery gastroenteritis. Go figure
This website wouldn’t exist with out.
“So not a contagion... that leaves deliberate or accidental exposure to a toxin. Counterfeit booze made with methanol?”
Let’s say illegal pesticide just as a starter. Then add herbicides that should not be used where humans can be exposed!
I’m thinking Chinese sold pesticide. Sprayed the hotel room and they checked in too early. Happened in US Virgin Islands and most recently in Dominican Republic.
Counterfeit booze made with methanol is a problem for tourists south of the border. Maybe Fiji, too.
lol
True. An FR thread isn’t complete
without conspiracy and Jesus.
Sounds like Campylobacter. Very nasty stuff.
I hope the others didn’t eat the fish!!
Vague reference to old comedy :)
That doesn’t explain medical staff dying.
A Colorado couple got sick last year at the same resort where the tourists recently died. The Colorado couple booked a flight home immediately and their doctor diagnosed them with organophosphate poisoning (likely insecticide). Then there was that Delaware family, 3 of 4 whom were left paralyzed and brain damaged by pesticide exposure in the Virgin Islands.
“An FR thread isn’t complete
without conspiracy and Jesus.”
Well, one might be true - the other is Truth.
Over Macho Grandé?
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