Marie Franklin died

[lovuian]

Marie Franklin died

05:53 2004-10-16
An elderly woman died after collapsing during a long wait in line with hundreds of others for scarce flu shots at a California supermarket, an official said on Friday.
Marie Franklin, 78, died on Thursday after collapsing in line on Wednesday and hitting her head on a pipe, said Lt. Michael Fisher, police chief of Lafayette, California, a town east of San Francisco.
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This is so sad ...there is such a panic going on out there!!!

http://newsfromrussia.com/accidents/2004/10/16/56651.html

[PartyPooper]

1. Yes. I heard and saw this tragedy on TV earlier today.

What a fucked up situation...seniors standing in line for flu shots...with walkers and canes. :wtf:

Shame on Bu$h!

:mad:

[TexasBushwhacker]

2. This is obscene

And somehow, I don't think you're find it on the front page of Yahoo News.

[SoCalDem]

3. It's sad, BUT, if the already had the flu

she would not have been given the vaccine..In fact if she was ill at all, a good doctor would never give her the shot..

I made many trips to the pediatrician with kids who "seemed" healthy, only to be told that they had a slightly elevated temp, so "no shots today"..


The fact that she waited in such a long line is the sad part.. People should have been allowed to call for "reservations" and been given a code number that could have been matched up on a master list.. There is no reason why people should have to stand in line.. For people who are already sick, it's an epidemic, just waiting to happen..

[nonconformist]

4. She didn't already have the flu

Unless I missed something, it sounds like she stood out in the hot sun for hours waiting to get her shot, fainted and hit her head and died as a result.

[Moderator]

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