As border apprehensions of migrant families surge to historic highs, the Trump administration’s treatment of migrant children and the detention of families in overcrowded facilities has come under harsh criticism. Doctors usually expect the youngest children, not teenagers, to be more at risk of severe complications and death from flu. “That someone died of flu is certainly something to be very worried about.” Two doctors said they were alarmed by what’s known about the Border Patrol’s response to Carlos’ illness. The Border Patrol says Carlos reported on May 19 that he was not feeling well and was diagnosed with the flu by a nurse practitioner. He was prescribed the medicine Tamiflu, then transferred to the Border Patrol station at Weslaco, Texas, to prevent his flu from spreading to other detainees.

Source: thestar June 06, 2019 16:18 UTC