To have a statue and the attention of the world, to forget: it is the life of the patient zero of AH1N1 10 years later

The eyes of the world were on him and that was not for less. Edgar Enrique Hernandez he was just five when he was designated as the first infected with the AH1N1 virus, which has generated a pandemic that alone has resulted in approximately 9.5 million cases of infection and more than 8,000 deaths since then, the newspaper reported. Millennium

Approximately 225 kilometers from the Mexico City, in Glory, a community within the município of Perote, Veracruz, Edgar was designated as the zero child because for the country's health authorities, he incubated this virus only at La Gloria, he claimed the lives of two babies and a record of 1.300 infected people of the 4,000 inhabitants I had it at that time.

"Nothing is clear, a few days ago, the health authorities of Mexico they badured that the the origin of the epidemic has been identified in Oaxaca April 13th. Now, the eyes are focused on The Gloria and, in particular, on a little one who is still coughing. His mother, Maria del Carmen, regrets that his son is blamed and she looks puzzled, "he wrote on April 30, 2009.undo.es in his text titled "The Zero Patient" of Swine Flu?

The scandal was such that thousands of people of the whole world They visited La Gloriaeither to witness this historical event or simply out of curiosity. Until the governor of the time Fidel Herrera Beltrán He went to Hernández home to visit the child zero, where he confirmed that the child had tested positive for the virus. swine flubut thanks to a mix of amoxicillin with paracetamol "Edgar and his loved ones are with their immune system intact."

"Already after that the emergency has been forgotten he has forgotten everythingthey have forgotten me, "the 15-year-old told the newspaper Excelsior, whose task was to search for the child 10 years after its world news. "I live my normal lifeI did not get sick anymore A normal flu and that's all. It does not hurt me anymore. "

As expected, no lifelong health service As promised, it was delivered to him, just as La Gloria did not receive much money and international support, which she had theoretically sent. of the resources from Japan, China, Argentina and France, among other countries, Don Eliseo, father of the minor, only knows that there was resources that came to Perotebut the municipal government has not delivered.

"It's over, they said in the vicinity, after the dog and rabies they forget everything"said Edgar's father to this newspaper. "We were not busy take a lot of money … Yes, Don Fidel (Herrera) helped us with a greeting that we always remember; we have the road for him. Many people gave him money, what they asked for helped them. He built the church and helped the whole city, He did a cooking. "

Between late March and early April 2009, Mexican authorities reported the alarming number of influenza cases recorded in the country. So, they thought it was about a common flu and one vaccination campaign to protect the population, which did not serve much and only infused more panic in society Mexican, who completely ignored this disease.

In Edgar they made the statue "El Niño Cero", a figure erected in his homeland, The Gloria, which represents the young teenager with a toad in his hand, alluding to the hypothesis triumph before the virus outbreak. But the big promise to build a big clinic did not happen either, and this city did not become a tourist center to reactivate the local economy.

The clinic, which would be for the community of La Gloria – remember the father of Edgar – was built in Plan de Arroyos, in the municipality of Martínez de la Torre. Although the lifetime scholarship for the child, only received 5000 pesosas well as the support needed to open a grocery store and a van.