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To: PghBaldy

That was EV-68


4 posted on 11/01/2016 7:54:40 AM PDT by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: Bogey78O

The young son of a former colleague was afflicted by this terrible disease. Had to be treated with respirator for almost two weeks. However, the doctors gave him an experimental drug that had shown some promise: fluoxetine - that is the active ingredient of Prozac!

The boy is almost totally recovered now! If that was due to the medicine or something else is too early to say, but further trials will be carried out.


6 posted on 11/01/2016 8:00:52 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: Bogey78O

“It is possible that enteroviruses have been causing acute flaccid myelitis at a very low rate for many years, misdiagnosed as transverse myelitis, and enterovirus 68 simply happened to become more prevalent in the 2014 season.[3]”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_flaccid_myelitis


14 posted on 11/01/2016 8:12:50 AM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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