Posted on 04/03/2015 6:52:24 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A non-polio enterovirus as seen under a microscope
Today came yet another among many examples of the broken Freedom of Information FOI process: a letter from the government regarding my request for information about the deadly U.S. outbreak of Enterovirus (EV) D68.
EV-D68 is a polio-like virus linked to the deaths of at least 14 people in the U.S. since last August. Though far more deadly and pervasive than the recent U.S. measles outbreak that garnered much publicity, government officials have not promoted general public discussion or media coverage of EV-D68. And the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has not been forthcoming about EV-D68′s potential link to at least 115 cases of paralysis, mostly in children.
On Oct. 9, I filed a FOI request for information about the mysterious outbreaks of these infectious diseases. FOI law requires a response within 20 business days.
Almost six months later, I’m still waiting.
That’s despite the fact that I had requested expedited processing offered under FOI law to journalists seeking information for a news story of public interest. Obviously, journalists reporting on a current story often need the information within a day or two. It doesn’t do much good to receive public information weeks, months or years after the story has been news.
From mid-August 2014 to January 15, 2015 at least 1,153 people in 49 states and the Washington D.C. were confirmed to have a severe respiratory illness caused by EV-D68. Almost all of the cases were among children. Additionally, CDC reports “there were likely millions of mild EV-D68 infections for which people did not seek medical treatment and/or get tested.” The virus has been linked to at least 14 deaths.
Additionally, the CDC reports at least 115 children in 34 states have developed paralysis from Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM). The median age is 8. Only two of the children have fully recovered. A number of the paralyzed children had come down with EV-D68 immediately prior to being paralyzed by AFM. CDC would not answer questions about the potential link between the two diseases.
—————————————— Measles EV-D68+AFM
Cases 178 1,153
States 17 49
Paralysis n/a 115
Deaths 0 14
CDC hasn’t been forthcoming on many details of the EV-D68 epidemic or AFM paralysis cases. Without government officials offering up the story to the media, it hasn’t received much news coverage. It looks like more information isn’t coming anytime soon. On Feb. 28, I inquired about the status of my October request. It took more than a month to receive the answer (below).
The origins of this epidemic is a mystery only to those who are willfully blind.
Anyone expecting the truth out of the CDC had better recognize they are more about protection of Obama’s illegal immigration actions than medicine and protection of citizens.
is this one of the illnesses introduced into the country by the mass illegal invasion of foreign children??
Those ‘blind’ people being the same ones that conflate “illegal” with “undocumented.”
The CDC and media and government will tell you no. But add it to all the other strange and heretofore extinct maladies suddenly appearing and what can you logically conclude.
Don’t want to scare anyone, but this just seems to have happened after over 50,000 illegal kids crossed our border from central America. Just saying.
Nothing to see here, move on.
There is also a stomach bug that doesn’t respond to treatment.
Here is Texas we’re all too familiar with it.
I sure would feel bad if a few hundred thousand maybe a million or more in a liberal enclave like Boston or New York were to be hit with it.
Let’s hear them preach their tolerance and compassion from their porcelain thrones.
This Epidemic of EV-D68 (unknown in the USA for 40 years)
was a “gift” of the Undocumented first Moslem Tyrant
and his toadies, known as the Moslem Brotherhood
and the 113th (EXEMPT, abdicated, treasonous) Congress.
This will go down in Eternity as Infectious Quartering.
More like Mister “O” than mystery
the origins are south of the border.
the only mystery is why haven’t those responsible for orchestrating the invasion been charged with the deaths?
Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your......
(Since all records of obama's past were lost in a tragic boating accident and fire, no one can be certain that the guy in the red circle isn't him...)
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The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
You right-wingers who want to secure the border are just a bunch of racists!/s
They should change the CDC to CYA.
Sharyl Ping.
Perhaps the CDC does not carry the patent on that particular vaccine, so the pandemic is not economicly interesting like the diseases they tend to tout?
Tes.
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Sharyl is sounding the Alarm as usual.
You won’t receive the info anytime soon, Sheryl. I suspect this outbreak is related to the flood of illegal “children”, and they don’t want people making that connection.
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