Flesh-eating bug killed top economist in 24 hours

[Buttercup McToots]

hmmmmm....think he was killed off?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=428234&in_page_id=1770

Flesh-eating bug killed top economist in 24 hours
by OLINKA KOSTER - More by this author »

Last updated at 22:00pm on 11th January 2007

A leading economist suffered an agonising death when a horrific flesh-eating bug took over his body in just 24 hours.

Doctors watched helplessly as David Walton, 43, was struck down by necrotising fasciitis.

Mr Walton was a member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, which is responsible for setting interest rates.

Following his death last June, Chancellor Gordon Brown called him one of the UK’s leading business economists and a highly respected commentator on economic affairs.
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[Buttercup McToots]

1. hmmmm

snip

He joined investment bank Goldman Sachs in 1987, where he became its Chief European Economist.

In June 2005, he became a policy maker on the Bank of England’s rate-setting committee.

[xchrom]

2. wow -- 43 and 24 hours?

that's amazing.

[sandnsea]

3. It's a strep bacteria, scary

It is most commonly transferred by respiratory droplets or direct contact with secretions of someone carrying Strep A. For instance, a person carrying a Strep A bacteria might not even show symptoms or become ill at all. They cough or sneeze, another person picks up the bacteria on their hands or directly at the point of a wound and the infection occurs. The NF patient is not likely to be contagious, and inanimate objects are unlikely to be points of transmission.


http://www.nnff.org/nnff_factsheet.htm

[mod mom]

4. Mu husband almost died from it in 2000- His was Strep A Necrotizing Fascitis/Myoitis

and it was incredibly fast. They were not sure for a week if he was going to live. So sorry for the family.

[Selatius]

11. You mean the same bacteria that causes strep throat?

On edit, nevermind, I found it's the same damn bacteria.

[mod mom]

12. Yes, Strep was going around my son's preschool. Infect Disease Dr said

~30% of all folks are carriers at any given time and that it was just bad luck.

[Raksha]

5. This is off-topic, but how is CorpGovActivist doing?

I know you're a friend of his, and we've been a little concerned because we haven't heard from him in a while.

[Eurobabe]

6. Wasn't this what claimed our beloved NostamJ?

I know his memorial page asked for donations to an NF organization.

[bleedingheart]

9. yes it was as I recall

[DemReadingDU]

7. I have heard about that flesh-eating bacteria

Someone in our area got it, and rapidly declined, and was dead in couple days. I've always wondered where this bacteria comes from, and it seems to be totally resistant to antibiotics. Very strange Walton got it, but I doubt he was setup.

[ck4829]

8. Apparently, he had differing viewpoints from the rest of the Monetary Policy Committee

He was the only member who wanted to increase interest rates.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Walton

[Buttercup McToots]

10. Funny huh?

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