Thread by @MonicaPerezShow, In case the population wasn’t terrified enough, here’s some speculation to keep [...]

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In case the population wasn’t terrified enough, here’s some speculation to keep parents on edge...
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“CDC expects 2020 outbreak of rare, life-threatening condition affecting children” | TheHill https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/510471-cdc-expects-2020-outbreak-of-rare-life-threatening-condition-affecting

CDC expects 2020 outbreak of rare, life-threatening condition

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned parents and doctors Tuesday that it expects another outbreak this year of a rare but life-threatening condition that mostly affects

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/510471-cdc-expects-2020-outbreak-of-rare-life-threatening-condition-affecting

There were a grand total of 46 confirmed cases of AFM in 2019 according to the CDC...to put that in perspective, GBS, a rare side-effect of the flu vaccine among other things, affects 3,000-6,000 people per year https://www.cdc.gov/acute-flaccid-myelitis/cases-in-us.html

AFM Cases and Outbreaks

See the number of confirmed AFM cases and outbreaks in the U.S. by state, month, and year.

https://www.cdc.gov/acute-flaccid-myelitis/cases-in-us.html

GBS info as per cdc...so why terrify people over AFM not GBS? https://www.cdc.gov/campylobacter/guillain-barre.html

This story is being pushed so hard!!! Did it affect 1 in 2,000,000 children last year or what?

“Outbreak of child-paralyzing disease is likely this fall, CDC warns” https://mol.im/a/8592887

Outbreak of child-paralyzing disease is likely this fall, CDC warns

The rare temporarily or permanently paralyzing disease acute flaccid myelitis resurfaces and strikes children about every other year, making a 2020 outbreak likely, CDC officials said Tuesday.

https://mol.im/a/8592887

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