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    11-year-old boy (Luca Calanni) dies of flu despite getting vaccine

    https://nypost.com/2020/01/16/11-yea...tting-vaccine/

    An upstate New York boy has died of complications from the flu, despite being vaccinated, just a month after celebrating his 11th birthday, according to reports.

    Luca Calanni, of Hamburg in Erie County, died Saturday at Oishei Children?s Hospital, his mother, Ashley Calanni, told local news station WTKR.

    ?I want him to be remembered for the wonderful boy he was, and not just another flu-related death,? the grieving mom told the outlet. ?He was vaccinated, and we did everything possible to prevent and to help him.?

    Luca, who came down with the flu early last week, was taken to his doctor three days in a row for some relief, she said.

    On Wednesday, he received fluids at the hospital and was doing better after being diagnosed with septic shock, Ashley Calanni added, but he later went into cardiac arrest.

    ?He was passionate about life, everything about it,? she told WKBW. ?No matter where we were he lit up a room, and if he didn?t know someone he made sure they knew him. If someone was sitting alone, he would sit with them. He was that kid.?

    Luca?s dad, Rodger ?Bodge? Calanni, said his son ?made me a better person.?

    ?He had the ability to think big. He was always aware of everything going on around him,? he told WKBW.

    Luca, who attended Frontier?s Pinehurst Elementary School, was an avid sports fan and loved the Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabres, New York Yankees and Ohio State University, which he hoped to attend, according to his family.

    Roger Calanni said that during a recent stop at a gas station, Luca made a profound statement.

    ? ? Dad if we win the lottery, can we start a foundation??? his dad recalled him saying. ? ? I want to help kids who aren?t as lucky as I am and experience the things that I have. That would be really fun, I would love to do that.??

    The father said: ?I told him, ?Bud, someday you?re going to help change for the good of not just Western New York but something bigger than that.

    ?Maybe you?ll be a doctor and help find a cure for something, maybe you?ll be an engineer and you?ll design something to save,? he added.

    According to the Erie County health commissioner, Dr. Gale Burstein, Luca was the second child to die from the flu in the county in 15 years, according to WGRZ.

    But Burstein added: ?We are seeing much more flu this season compared to other years.?


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    He was such a cute kid

    It’s scary he got the vaccine but still got the flu so severely. As a parent, that scares the crap out of me.

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