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Batavia girl, 2, treated for rare disease similar to polio — among nine recent cases in Illinois
chicagotribune ^ | 10/10/2018 | Elvia Malagon

Posted on 10/10/2018 7:13:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Across the state, there have been nine recent cases of people younger than 18 years old who have been clinically diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis.

Since 2015, there had been four cases in Illinois, according to the health department. The Minnesota Department of Health put out an alert last week, stating that six cases have been reported in children across that state over the past several weeks.

Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began tracking AFM in 2014, 362 cases have been reported across the country, there have been at least 38 cases so far this year in 16 states, according to the agency’s website. Last year, one person diagnosed with AFM died, but the CDC does not know what role the illness played in the death.

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KEYWORDS: acuteflaccidmyelitis
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1 posted on 10/10/2018 7:13:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Overlay muslims and illegals where the cases are.


2 posted on 10/10/2018 7:14:29 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: BenLurkin

Very strange. 6 cases reported several days ago here in MN. Watching this one closely.


3 posted on 10/10/2018 7:16:44 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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Chicongo and ILLinois.

What holes...


4 posted on 10/10/2018 7:20:19 PM PDT by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Viruses mutate, sometimes it is more harmful than not.


5 posted on 10/10/2018 7:22:00 PM PDT by Valpal1
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To: BenLurkin

Cultural enrichment.


6 posted on 10/10/2018 7:22:23 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democracy dies when Democrats refuse to accept the result of a democratic election they didn't win.)
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To: Darteaus94025

Batavia is not Chicago. It’s 2 full counties west.

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7 posted on 10/10/2018 7:22:29 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: BenLurkin

How long before the Leprosy and Black Death outbreaks?


8 posted on 10/10/2018 7:22:39 PM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: Darteaus94025

And Los Angeles is experiencing a typhus epidemic.

For God’s sake, build the wall and do health screening on whoever we allow into our country.


9 posted on 10/10/2018 7:22:49 PM PDT by edie1960
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To: BenLurkin

Very common virus in the system of latin immigrants causes this. The virus doesn’t cause paralysis directly, it’s more like a reaction to the virus rather than the virus itself.

Very early when Obama had let in the flood of illegals there was a story about the illegal immigrants. The story mentioned in passing how many of the immigrants in the camps had the virus in their systems. The immigrants just experienced mild stomach upset, nothing serious because their systems were adapted to it. However now it’s forbidden to mention that the virus is associated with latin immigrants.

Officially, it’s just a mystery these kids came across the virus. We’ll probably never know why these cases of paralysis are popping up.


10 posted on 10/10/2018 7:23:20 PM PDT by Stevenc131
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To: BenLurkin

The lefties say we need to re-open Ellis island...

they don’t realize that we actually quarantined sick people and PREVENTED them from coming here and we even TURNED AWAY SICK PEOPLE....


11 posted on 10/10/2018 7:25:17 PM PDT by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
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We were in Batavia last month. One of my kids leaves near there. Very nice area, low crime rate. But their town government wants to build a bunch of low income housing, to promote “diversity”. The citizens aren’t having it; I hope they win.


12 posted on 10/10/2018 7:26:18 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: BenLurkin

https://kstp.com/medical/disease-that-presents-polio-like-symptoms-reported-in-minnesota-mdh-says/5097841/


13 posted on 10/10/2018 7:26:48 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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they don’t realize that we actually quarantined sick people and PREVENTED them from coming here and we even TURNED AWAY SICK PEOPLE....

That's because Whitey was and still is evil.

14 posted on 10/10/2018 7:36:07 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: BenLurkin
Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a rare but serious neurologic illness of sudden onset, usually in children. It presents with localised limb weakness of unknown cause. A leading candidate for the cause of the condition is enterovirus 68, a member of the enterovirus genus and thus related to poliovirus. The illness is not new, but its increased incidence since 2014 is new, and the existing literature about it is tentative and should not be taken as established medical opinion. There is no established treatment for the condition or the virus that may cause it.

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Calling the modern day Jonas Salk.

15 posted on 10/10/2018 7:37:05 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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It’s very hard to understand which kids are going to react this way and which aren’t,” Lurie’s Malakooti said.


BULL BLEEPING POOP.

Do you want your kids not to get flaccid paralysis as a sequela of a mild enterovirus??? It’s easy: keep their blood levels of vitamin D high.

Even in the early 1900s this was true. Kids who were taken to a beach house for the summer didn’t get it much but the families who lived in darkened narrow city streets fell prey much more.

Pretty much every kid will get the enterovirus when exposed. Most will be symptom free, but some will have a tummy ache, or a “stomach bug” or a “cold.” Only the absolute worst cases will end up with flaccid paralysis. And those will be the kids who were lowest in vitamin d or otherwise immunocompromised.


16 posted on 10/10/2018 7:38:32 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: GraceG
“The lefties say we need to re-open Ellis island...

they don’t realize that we actually quarantined sick people and PREVENTED them from coming here and we even TURNED AWAY SICK PEOPLE....”

Yes. My great grandfather had to go back to Italy and start the process all over because the children had pinkeye.

17 posted on 10/10/2018 7:46:50 PM PDT by bella1 (Je suis deplorable)
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To: BenLurkin

Lots of “acute flaccid” going around. The blue pill can sometimes help relieve that.


18 posted on 10/10/2018 8:24:23 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

There was just an article about a spike in CO too.


19 posted on 10/10/2018 8:25:50 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: BenLurkin

Name(s) and country of origin?


20 posted on 10/10/2018 9:00:14 PM PDT by imardmd1 (ueences)
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