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TorchTheWitch

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20. it appears as though this new thing is only striking children

Reply to Carolina (Reply #19)

Tue Sep 30, 2014, 04:46 PM

Sep 2014

from what I've read though it's so hard to tell if this is something that us older folk need to worry about.

Is it also the same illness as this respiratory one in the NE that also seems to be only striking children? I can't seem to get this figured out... two different new viruses or one and only striking children or have adults also been striken.

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Polio-Like Illness Causing Mystery Paralysis In Colorado Kids [View all] Purveyor Sep 2014 OP

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