10-01-2014, 12:03 PM
Ebola is, should be the least of anyone's concern;
Thousands of cases of Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) have been seen across the country since mid-August, landing scores of children in intensive care units with acute respiratory distress. Not only is there no end in sight to this current and extremely rare outbreak (at least in this country), a disturbing new symptom is presenting itself in children who have been infected with EV-D68...paralysis.
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that nine children in Colorado recently presented with polio-like symptoms, with muscle weakness and paralyzed limbs. Four of the children have tested positive for EV-D68, while health officials are still awaiting the test results for the others.
On Friday, the CDC issued an official health advisory to U.S. physicians, which stated:
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Common features included acute focal limb weakness and specific findings on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spinal cord consisting of non-enhancing lesions largely restricted to the gray matter. In most cases, these lesions spanned more than one level of the spinal cord. Some also had acute cranial nerve dysfunction with correlating non-enhancing brainstem lesions on MRI.
Most of the children stricken with the mysterious paralysis live in Denver, according to the CDC. Of course, Denver is a 'sanctuary city' for illegal aliens. As such, nearly two months ago, the city of Denver applied for a $12 million federal grant to help settle some of the so-called 'unaccompanied minors' who arrived on this country's Southern border in the last several months, the Denver Catholic Register, reported.
We are likely seeing the early stages of an epidemic which, due to President Obama's policy of sending children from Central America and Mexico throughout the interior of this country without any quarantine period, has now allowed EV-D68 to spread to 40 states. And, while this latest affliction is incredibly frightening, the warning signs have been present in this country for at least two years.
Since 2012, there have been two dozen children who have experienced similar paralysis, following respiratory distress, according to Dr. Keith Van Haren, a pediatric neurologist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif.
All of those cases were confined to California (a 'sanctuary state').
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Thousands of cases of Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) have been seen across the country since mid-August, landing scores of children in intensive care units with acute respiratory distress. Not only is there no end in sight to this current and extremely rare outbreak (at least in this country), a disturbing new symptom is presenting itself in children who have been infected with EV-D68...paralysis.
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that nine children in Colorado recently presented with polio-like symptoms, with muscle weakness and paralyzed limbs. Four of the children have tested positive for EV-D68, while health officials are still awaiting the test results for the others.
On Friday, the CDC issued an official health advisory to U.S. physicians, which stated:
“
Common features included acute focal limb weakness and specific findings on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spinal cord consisting of non-enhancing lesions largely restricted to the gray matter. In most cases, these lesions spanned more than one level of the spinal cord. Some also had acute cranial nerve dysfunction with correlating non-enhancing brainstem lesions on MRI.
Most of the children stricken with the mysterious paralysis live in Denver, according to the CDC. Of course, Denver is a 'sanctuary city' for illegal aliens. As such, nearly two months ago, the city of Denver applied for a $12 million federal grant to help settle some of the so-called 'unaccompanied minors' who arrived on this country's Southern border in the last several months, the Denver Catholic Register, reported.
We are likely seeing the early stages of an epidemic which, due to President Obama's policy of sending children from Central America and Mexico throughout the interior of this country without any quarantine period, has now allowed EV-D68 to spread to 40 states. And, while this latest affliction is incredibly frightening, the warning signs have been present in this country for at least two years.
Since 2012, there have been two dozen children who have experienced similar paralysis, following respiratory distress, according to Dr. Keith Van Haren, a pediatric neurologist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif.
All of those cases were confined to California (a 'sanctuary state').
Link
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