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discocrisco01

(1,666 posts)
Tue Feb 2, 2021, 09:50 AM Feb 2021

Teenager emerging from 10-month coma has no knowledge of pandemic

The Guardian reports



A teenager who is emerging from a 10-month long coma has no knowledge of the coronavirus pandemic despite having caught the disease twice.

Joseph Flavill, 19, was hit by a car while walking in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, on 1 March last year, three weeks before Britain’s first national lockdown began.

He has spent months in a coma after he suffered a traumatic brain injury but is slowly beginning to recover and has started responding.

His aunt, Sally Flavill Smith, told the Guardian: “He won’t know anything about the pandemic as he’s been asleep for 10 months. His awareness is starting to improve now but we just don’t know what he knows.



Wow!

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Teenager emerging from 10-month coma has no knowledge of pandemic (Original Post) discocrisco01 Feb 2021 OP
I wish Joseph a full and productive recovery. abqtommy Feb 2021 #1
Interesting story BannonsLiver Feb 2021 #2

BannonsLiver

(16,342 posts)
2. Interesting story
Tue Feb 2, 2021, 01:31 PM
Feb 2021

If he’d stayed under another 5-10 years he might be able to miss the pandemic completely.

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