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Report: Seguin Choir Teacher Dies Of H1N1 Flu
Sheila Siobhan Mourned by Students, Friends, Family
Jessie Degollado, KSAT 12 News Reporter
POSTED: Friday, March 25, 2011
SEGUIN, Texas -- Due to privacy rules, Dr. Sandra Guerra, the medical director of the Texas Department of Health Services, said she was unable to confirm whether 55-year-old Sheila Siobhan died from H1N1 flu.
The choir teacher at Seguin High School was taken to a hospital emergency room March 10 and died last Wednesday, said Melissa Matthews-Woolard, the district's spokeswoman.
Siobhan's family has been quoted as saying she had been ill for two weeks.
Even if she died from the same virus that was so alarming during its initial outbreak in 2009, Guerra said now H1N1 is "just another strain of flu."
"Any flu-related death is concerning," Guerra said. She said H1N1 precautions are no different than regular flu.
"People still need to wash their hands or cover their mouths when coughing and sneezing," Guerra said. "Above all, there's the seasonal flu shot that protects against H1N1."
Guerra said the only H1N1 deaths reported to the state are those of children.
"In the past year, there have been 10 cases statewide," she said...
Report: Seguin Choir Teacher Dies Of H1N1 Flu
Sheila Siobhan Mourned by Students, Friends, Family
Jessie Degollado, KSAT 12 News Reporter
POSTED: Friday, March 25, 2011
SEGUIN, Texas -- Due to privacy rules, Dr. Sandra Guerra, the medical director of the Texas Department of Health Services, said she was unable to confirm whether 55-year-old Sheila Siobhan died from H1N1 flu.
The choir teacher at Seguin High School was taken to a hospital emergency room March 10 and died last Wednesday, said Melissa Matthews-Woolard, the district's spokeswoman.
Siobhan's family has been quoted as saying she had been ill for two weeks.
Even if she died from the same virus that was so alarming during its initial outbreak in 2009, Guerra said now H1N1 is "just another strain of flu."
"Any flu-related death is concerning," Guerra said. She said H1N1 precautions are no different than regular flu.
"People still need to wash their hands or cover their mouths when coughing and sneezing," Guerra said. "Above all, there's the seasonal flu shot that protects against H1N1."
Guerra said the only H1N1 deaths reported to the state are those of children.
"In the past year, there have been 10 cases statewide," she said...