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hedgehog

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10. If you start out thinking that evryone is vaccinated so it can't
Tue Sep 30, 2014, 12:59 AM
Sep 2014

possibly be polio, you could miss the diagnosis.

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This is scary for those of us with kids in a Colorado school. Laffy Kat Sep 2014 #1
I'd be willing to bet this IS polio. (Or a slight mutation of the polio virus.) Archae Sep 2014 #2
How easy is it to diagnose SheilaT Sep 2014 #4
I don't know. Archae Sep 2014 #5
A quick google search tells me SheilaT Sep 2014 #6
If you start out thinking that evryone is vaccinated so it can't hedgehog Sep 2014 #10
Since they're calling it "polio like" SheilaT Sep 2014 #11
I don't think they vaccinate for polio anymore YarnAddict Sep 2014 #15
Yes, they do. Niece two was really annoyed that she didn't get her sugar cube. politicat Sep 2014 #16
Well, that's good YarnAddict Sep 2014 #18
This is a local story for me, so privacy is involved, but that hasn't been mentioned as a factor. politicat Sep 2014 #21
Must be the pot FlatStanley Sep 2014 #3
That's a truly dumb statement. SheilaT Sep 2014 #7
There are a lot of those (statements) around this joint, indeed. eom Purveyor Sep 2014 #9
I can't believe I have to do this: FlatStanley Sep 2014 #12
Really? AllyCat Sep 2014 #8
Do I really have to do this? FlatStanley Sep 2014 #13
We've had tweleve confirmed cases of Entrovirus 68 here in Rochester, NY... Earth_First Sep 2014 #14
does this illness only effect children for some reason? TorchTheWitch Sep 2014 #17
Usually... it was once called infantile paralysis BUT Carolina Sep 2014 #19
it appears as though this new thing is only striking children TorchTheWitch Sep 2014 #20
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