Picking Up The Pieces: Sacramento family loses husband and father to H1N1 flu virus
3,390 views · Published 4 March 2014 · 1:50 · Indexed 29 October 2026
Channel: Sacramento Bee · 2014 · News & Politics
Tanisha Burns of Florin, lost her husband and the father of their seven children, to the ravages of the fierce H1N1 virus, which can trigger kidney failure and pneumonia. Sitting in her modest home in a cul-de-sac on White Rose Court, Burns said her husband, Leon, would have turned 39 last Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. In that respect, he was typical of the demographic of otherwise healthy young to middle-aged adults that H1N1 strikes with unusual severity. Typically, the most severe cases of influenza are found in young children and people over age 65.
