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To: Thomas M. who wrote (773816)	12/14/2022 11:01:43 AM
From: skinowski	Respond to of 793606

It could have been MERS. No way to tell without special testing. cdc.gov But, with the new version of Omicron having a R0 of up to 18 (each patient transmitting it to 18 persons) - I think that should be the primary suspect. Of course, with Grant Wahl, there is also the recent CoViD booster in the mix.

To: Thomas M. who wrote (773816)	12/14/2022 12:21:58 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793606

US soccer journalist Grant Wahl described respiratory symptoms that are consistent with some MERS cases - mildish symptoms followed by sudden death. Wahl was also vaccinated/boosted (his wife is on Biden’s Covid advisory committee and both she and him have been big proponents of boosting), so it may be unrelated, or it may be that we should consider booster uptake as a significant comorbidity. Wahl’s wife is reporting today that he died from a ruptured aortic aneurysm.