Comment by cvoss
2 days ago
I can find no news outlet reporting the fact claimed in the headline, that the person died less than 24 hours after showing symptoms.
What is reported, in this article and many others, is that the person arrived at the hospital and died there the same day. There is no mention in any article I have read that the symptoms began less than 24 hours before the death.
The typical duration is 36 hours if untreated with antibiotika. So 24 hours is totally normal. Also the area is pretty typical for a single plague incident.
This article kind of implies it:
> The victim was rushed to Flagstaff Medical Center, showing severe symptoms, and died the same day.
But sure, that doesn't rule out that the symptoms became severere, or that there weren't different lesser symptoms beforehand. It does make it sound like it was all pretty immediate though.
That they were rushed to the medical center and died the same day doesn't tell us much.
They could have been ill at home for several days or weeks until someone decided to call for help; then when first responders arrived, they saw it was serious and rushed the patient to the medical center.
The local reporting just said the patient died the same day they sought care, without saying anything about when the illness may have started.
>The local reporting just said the patient died the same day they sought care, without saying anything about when the illness may have started.
Such velocity is possible but rare. I've seen people die from necrotizing fasciitis, for example, that died at such a velocity (1-2 days). Granted it's an extremely rare infection like amoeba of the brain.
I.e. "after showing symptoms" and "after showing symptoms to staff, having finally checked in to a medical center" are completely different.