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Numbers hard to come by in mystery illness
by Teresa Snow
Posted: 03.15.2013 at 9:01 PM
Solid numbers are hard to come by to confirm how many people fell ill after a conference at the Truman Hotel in Jefferson City this week. Estimates range from 20 to 60 people.
Members of the Missouri Coroner's and Medical Examiner's Association arrived Tuesday from across the state for their spring training conference. It was supposed to be a memorable event for the chief forensic investigator for Boone and Callaway Counties. Dori Burke was installed as the association's first ever female president. Now, the week will be remembered for something much different.
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Randolph County Coroner Gerald Luntsford stuck it out until the end of the conference, which ended about two hours early Thursday afternoon. He told me he suffered from a cough, fever, chest and muscle pains.
"It was not like any flu I'd ever had before," Luntsford said, who was feeling a bit better Friday evening while resting at home.
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The source of the illness is still a mystery. Cole County Health Department Director Dr. Marie Peoples says four people were treated at a local hospital for respiratory issues, but the cases do not appear to be related.
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"I think it's just too much of a coincidence," [Harlow] said, "that nearly 40 people attending the same conference, in the same room, come down with the same symptoms, and so acutely."
Numbers hard to come by in mystery illness
by Teresa Snow
Posted: 03.15.2013 at 9:01 PM
Solid numbers are hard to come by to confirm how many people fell ill after a conference at the Truman Hotel in Jefferson City this week. Estimates range from 20 to 60 people.
Members of the Missouri Coroner's and Medical Examiner's Association arrived Tuesday from across the state for their spring training conference. It was supposed to be a memorable event for the chief forensic investigator for Boone and Callaway Counties. Dori Burke was installed as the association's first ever female president. Now, the week will be remembered for something much different.
...
Randolph County Coroner Gerald Luntsford stuck it out until the end of the conference, which ended about two hours early Thursday afternoon. He told me he suffered from a cough, fever, chest and muscle pains.
"It was not like any flu I'd ever had before," Luntsford said, who was feeling a bit better Friday evening while resting at home.
...
The source of the illness is still a mystery. Cole County Health Department Director Dr. Marie Peoples says four people were treated at a local hospital for respiratory issues, but the cases do not appear to be related.
...
"I think it's just too much of a coincidence," [Harlow] said, "that nearly 40 people attending the same conference, in the same room, come down with the same symptoms, and so acutely."
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