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Vaccine Preventable Death – Michael Kokegei
August 13, 2010
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Age at death – 7 years
Cause of death – Reaction to chickenpox virus
Vaccination status – Unknown
Summary – On Friday, October 16, 2009 Michael was behaving normally. Later that day his parents had to perform CPR on him, after a severe reaction to the chickenpox virus caused him to have a seizure and cardiac arrest. Michael was flown to The Children’s Hospital, Westmead, but died on Sunday afternoon.
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Categories: Vaccine Preventable Suffering, Varicella (Chickenpox)