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Health See other Health Articles Title: Virus probed in paralysis cases in 9 Colorado kids Yahoo... NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials are investigating nine cases of muscle weakness or paralysis in Colorado children and whether the culprit might be a virus causing severe respiratory illness across the country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday sent doctors an alert about the polio-like cases and said the germ — enterovirus 68 — was detected in four out of eight of the sick children who had a certain medical test. The status of the ninth case is unclear. The virus can cause paralysis but other germs can, too. Health officials don't know whether the virus caused any of the children's arm and leg weaknesses or whether it's just a germ they coincidentally picked up. "That's why we want more information," and for doctors to report similar cases, said the CDC's Dr. Jane Seward. The cases occurred within the last two months. All nine children are being treated at Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora, and most are from the Denver area. A hospital spokeswoman said the patients' families didn't want to talk to the media. The nine children had fever and respiratory illness about two weeks before developing varying degrees of limb weakness. None seems to have a weak immune system or other conditions that might predispose them to severe illness, but the cases are still being investigated, Seward said. Investigators don't think it's polio — eight of the nine children are up to date on polio vaccinations. It's not known whether the limb weakness or paralysis is temporary or will be long-lasting. The cases come amid an unusual wave of severe respiratory illness from enterovirus 68. The germ is not new — it was first identified in 1962 and has caused clusters of illness before, including in Georgia and Pennsylvania in 2009 and Arizona in 2010. Because it's not routinely tested for, it's possible the bug spread in previous years but was never distinguished from colds caused by other germs. This year, the virus has gotten more attention because it has been linked to hundreds of severe illnesses. Beginning last month, a flood of sick children began to hit hospitals in Kansas City, Missouri, and Chicago — kids with trouble breathing, some needing oxygen or more extreme care such as a breathing machine. Many — but not all — had asthma before the infection. The CDC has been testing a limited number of specimens from very sick children around the country, and as of Thursday reported 277 people in 40 states and the District of Columbia with enterovirus 68. So far no deaths have been attributed to the virus, but Seward said 15 still are being investigated. Health officials know enterovirus can cause paralysis. Published reports count at least two people in the U.S. who were paralyzed and were found to have the virus in their spinal fluid. One was a New Hampshire 5-year-old in 2008; details are scant on the second case, a young adult, which happened many years earlier. Earlier this year, Stanford University researchers said they had identified polio-like illnesses in about 20 California children over about 18 months. Two tested positive for enterovirus 68. CDC officials say it's still not clear if the virus was a factor in those cases. Paralysis is a rare complication of enterovirus 68 infection, but with so many more cases of enterovirus being reported this year, it may not be surprising to see that problem, said Dr. Larry Wolk, chief medical officer of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The CDC is asking doctors to report patients 21 or younger who developed limb weakness since August 1 and who have had an MRI exam that showed abnormalities in the nerve tissue in the spinal cord. Seward said a test that showed the germ in a patient's spinal fluid would be good evidence that the virus was causing paralysis. Unfortunately, lab tests of spinal fluid often fail to identify bugs like enterovirus 68, even if they're present, she added. ___ AP reporter Thomas Peipert in Denver contributed to this report. __ Online: CDC: tinyurl.com/lgww8b2 Poster Comment: [John] The CDC honchos should be brought up on disciplinary charges for refusing to conduct contact tracing or comparing where the tens of thousands of infected alien children were dispersed with the outbreaks. The liberal press is now doing everything possible to protect Obama on this, even promoting the fiction that outbreaks of these magnitudes have "always been around." These infected children were secretly dispersed ... and quickly massive outbreaks of enterovirus 68 suddenly appeared. Only a liberal, out to delude you, would present the "random" "always around" theory and ignore the issue of where these infected children went. 16 [Don] "When the conspirators get ready to take over the United States they will use fluoridated water and vaccines to change people's attitudes and loyalties and make them docile, apathetic, unconcerned and groggy. According to their own writings and the means they have already confessedly employed, the conspirators have deliberately planned and developed methods to mentally deteriorate, morally debase, and completely enslave the masses. They will prepare vaccines containing drugs that will completely change people. Secret Communist plans for conquering America were adopted in 1914 and published in 1953. These plans called for compulsory vaccination with vaccines containing change agent drugs. They also plan on using disease germs, fluoridation and vaccinations to weaken the people and reduce the population." (Impact of Science on Society, by Bertrand Russell) Vaccines cause Autism. U.S. cases of Autism: 1 in 68. 1 in 100,000 before widespread vaccinations. Amish rate of Autism: 1 in 15,000. Low rate of vaccinations. South Korean cases of Autism: 1 in 38 India has 8 million children with Autism since widespread vaccinations. Countries that do not vaccinate their children: The rate is so low as to be statistically 0. Vaccines contain mercury and aluminum. The mercury damages the brain on contact. You do not have to vaccinate your children. You can sign a waiver at school. The school or government may try to use scare tactics to get you to vaccinate your child but you can sign a waiver and opt out. It's a myth that vaccinations are compulsory. If you do vaccinate your child, you're playing Russian Roulette with your child's health. Don't pump mercury and aluminum into your child's brain. The consequences can be horrific. "Oh my God, I did not believe we did what we did, but we did. It's all there...This is the lowest point in my career, that I went along with that paper. I have great shame now when I meet families of kids with autism, because I have been part of the problem." - Dr William Thompson, Senior CDC Scientist and CDC whistleblower. Re: Fraudulent study on MMR vaccine “The chief, if not the sole, cause of the monstrous increase in cancer has been vaccination” – Dr. Robert Bell, fmr VP International Society for Cancer Research at the British Cancer Hospital. [Me] JUNE 13, 2014 INVASION U.S.A. (Breitbart) – A surge of hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has left federal resources and facilities overwhelmed. Most of the new migrants are children from Central America. In the aftermath of Breitbart Texas releasing photos showing minors warehoused in crowded U.S. cells, Border Patrol agents in Texas as well as ALL medical staff have been instructed not to speak to media outlets or face JAIL !. The Associated Press (AP) obtained an email from Eligio “Lee” Pena, an assistant patrol agent, that ordered more than 3,000 agents to not speak to reporters about the “humanitarian crisis.” The email allegedly said that reporters are likely to press for details and “may try to disguise themselves” in the process.” Pena’s email went on to warn agents that they could be disciplined or even charged with a crime if they speak to media, according to the AP. According to several medical personnel many if not most have serious illnesses that are highly contagious. Many of the border patrol agents have been infected with a long list of serious illnesses and hospitalized. Yet the illegal are continually being bussed all over the US directly into communities29-1 . Pat I am NOT saying this is from the illegal invaders, but, a while back, the Centers for Disease Control TOLD Obama and the Democrats that EVERY illegal coming in HAD "highly "contagious" diseases" and that "if even ONE got out, there WOULD be a "major epidemic" throughout our ENTIRE country that neither would nor could be stopped"! What did Obama do when he heard that? He ORDERED that EVERY illegal be allowed into our schools and were NOT to be even asked if they had a disease or if they had any of the shots the American children HAVE to have before they can attend school! Now that these disease are coming to OUR children, the CDC is claiming that "they have been around for YEARS"! They were not saying THAT a few months ago! 45-3 [Rodentraiser] "The Coming Plague" was written 20 years ago and in that book, it was documented that TB was on the rise then after decades of near eradication in the US. So TB was definitely in the US and spreading 5 years ago. MDR-TB came out of the prisons in Russia where it started. It definitely didn't come north with any Hispanic illegals. More than likely, the Russian gangs brought it over to the US and sent it home with illegals returning to Mexico, who then passed it on. Getting TB while working as a guard in a prison has been an occupational hazard for years. That is not something new. The best way to keep your children safe is to VACCINATE them. To ward of a measles epidemic, for instance, 95% of children in a community need to be vaccinated. As soon as that vaccination percentage drops under 95%, measles epidemics begin to happen. Look around you and talk to Mr. and Mrs. white American and see if they have vaccinated their children. Because if you seriously think that 95% of upper middle class Americans vaccinate their children, you're in for a big surprise.2-4 [Denise] I don't know what Chris point is but here's mine - The "regular" TB takes a whole year of antibiotics to relieve you of the infection. Antibiotics given that long are very hard on the body and set you up for a boat load of other issues - like yeast over growth, GI issues, leaky gut syndrome, kill off your natural intestinal flora, etc. MDR TB - have no clue how that is treated. I do know that the antibiotics that are given to treat Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) will wreck the kidneys. So you don't die of the infection - although people do lose limbs, toes, etc. - but then you live with bad kidneys for the rest of your life, on a special diet, and maybe end up with dialysis. This stuff is no joking matter - funny but the Pres. if he retires to Hawaii will actually be more protected, an island is isolation in a lot of ways.3 [Chris] 6/4/2014: Voters in California's Alameda County passed a measure on Tuesday that is expected to raise $100 million a year for health clinics for illegal immigrants, who are excluded from state programs and the federal Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. On May 23 a measure to include illegal immigrants in the state's Medi-Cal program for the poor to residents who are undocumented stalled in the state senate, and immigration reform proposals have also stalled in U.S. Congress for the past year. The measure extends a 0.5 percent sales tax to fund the clinics to 2034 from 2019. "Our elected officials, our constituents, and our health authority see healthcare as a basic human right, to be provided regardless of immigration status," Alex Briscoe, Director of the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency, said. It's coming to your town sooner than you think. Don't worry about taking care of your own children, America, you have mexicans that want your money. If you want to make a change in this trend before it's too late, go to numbersusa on the web....do it now for your children! 23-3 Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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