but, this particular case aside, which i fear may be politicized to argue for free market healthcare, as though the family could have paid more to have the ambulance arrive faster, as though that makes any actual sense, there are going to be some percentage of young people that just don't react to the virus at all. now, she should have tested positive if that was the case. but, in cases where your body just doesn't realize that this thing is a virus, you get no immune response at all. and, it just ravages your insides out and turns it to mush. these unlucky people that can't recognize the virus are going to die horrible, ebola-like deaths. and, this doesn't sound that far from it, either.
the sad reality is that it's not clear what an ambulance could have done for somebody suffering multiple simultaneous hemorrhages due to their immune system utterly failing to identify a pathogen. that person would need something like immediate antibody treatment, which is probably not available on immediate notice in rural alberta, quite yet.
i know it's easy to think the kid would have made it with immediate care; she's young, she's strong. right? but, it's the opposite - the fact that the virus totally overwhelmed her, for whatever reason, suggests her prognosis was very poor, regardless.
but, i mean, the negative test. yeah. sounds like opiates....