Health officials are confident more people will get sick and many will die as regions such as the U.S. West see bigger, more intense wildfires.
As the animals age, any diseases they develop and how they die would give clues into the fate of humans heavily exposed to smoke.
As she fled with her boyfriend ahead of the fire that destroyed Paradise on the morning of Nov. 8, 2018, Norton said the smoke was so thick “it was like midnight.” Norton has been to a pulmonologist and two ear nose and throat doctors to little avail, and has been referred to a sinus specialist at Stanford University for further testing.
Most had preexisting conditions such as asthma and needed only a trigger to send them into a downward spiral. Predicting what will happen with otherwise-healthy patients like Norton is more difficult, he said.
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