Not Ebola...Afraid of EV-D68? Another Deadly Virus Is Actually Kids in U.S.... Possibly from Illegal

[Jackson]

Not Ebola... EV-D68? Another Deadly Virus Is Actually Killing Kids in U.S.... Possibly from illegal immigrants

It’s all over the headlines: Enterovirus D-68 (EV-D68) is making kids sick in what appear to be unprecedented numbers. It might be causing paralysis — or maybe not. It may have infected some adults.

But EV-D68 is nothing compared to the viral killer that really concerns Dr. Paul Checchia of Texas Children’s Hospital, who treats sick kids all day long.

Every year, respiratory syncytial virus or RSV sends 75,000 to 125,000 children to the hospital and kills as many as 200 every year, numbers that are a little fuzzy because hospitals are not required to report deaths from RSV.

RSV infects almost everyone by the time they turn 2. It causes a very bad cold in most, but in a few, especially newborns, it can bring on very severe disease. RSV kills between 66,000 and 199,000 children annually worldwide, most of them in developing countries, where the population is more vulnerable and supportive care less available.

Dr. Checchia believes many more U.S. babies die from RSV and it’s just never reported. Adults also can catch RSV, and it kills 10,000 elderly Americans every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


Many of the viruses can cause non-respiratory symptoms, including sometimes deadly inflammation around the heart, and paralysis. EV-D68 has been suspected of causing paralysis before, and last week the CDC asked doctors to keep an eye out for mysterious paralysis because four out of eight children in Colorado with paralysis or muscle weakness also tested positive for EV-D68.

The latest count -- 443 cases of EV-D68 in 40 states. Checchia says one reason to test sick children is to identify an outbreak. Another is so that patients with the same virus can be kept together in the hospital and away from children who are not infected with it.

Enterovirus D-68 is generating attention because the pattern of infections is unusual, says Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. “It isn’t that often that you get this wide an outbreak of enterovirus D-68,” Fauci told NBC. “RSV is always there and people get used to it.”

Afraid of EV-D68 Another Deadly Virus Is Actually Killing Kids in U.S. - NBC News


Why Is Enterovirus D68 Such a Problem for Kids This Year? CDC Looking
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/why-enterovirus-d68-such-problem-kids-year-cdc-looking-n221461
Given that the particular strain of the virus now affecting Americans was recorded in the U.S. as far back as 1987, the claim that the current outbreak ofEnterovirus D68is due solely or primarily to that strain's being carried to the U.S. by immigrant children is a problematic one.
Read more at snopes.com Are Immigrant Kids Spreading Enterovirus EV-D68

The talk is all about Ebola when more and more of our children are becoming afflicted with Enterovirus D68 and we are losing sight of this phenomena. Some are becoming paralyzed. Although the disease was known to the US 27 years ago, we haven't had an outbreak until the hoards of children came over our borders where the diease is more prevelant without medical clearance.

 

[Rotagilla]

You can't have a 1st world nation if you don't enforce your borders and allow 3rd worlders and 3rd world diseases in.

 

[Jackson]

You can't have a 1st world nation if you don't enforce your borders and allow 3rd worlders and 3rd world diseases in.

We are one of the few nations that are not closing our borders.

Ben Carson was just talking and was very diplomatic about the ineffectiveness of Obama and Dr. Friedman. I had to smile, but his message was loud and clear.

 

[mamooth]

It's also "possibly" from space aliens. Hey, that theory makes as much sense.

EV-D68 has been around for decades. In the USA and Canada, and everywhere. As far as the recent cases, note how Arizona is one of the few states without cases. Apparently, all the infected illegals took a detour around Arizona.

 

[thereisnospoon]

It's also "possibly" from space aliens. Hey, that theory makes as much sense.

EV-D68 has been around for decades. In the USA and Canada, and everywhere. As far as the recent cases, note how Arizona is one of the few states without cases. Apparently, all the infected illegals took a detour around Arizona.

So that means what? Let the kids keep dying? Nothing to see here?
And if one of your kids gets it? Niece, nephew, grandchild?
What say you then?

 

[Jackson]

It's also "possibly" from space aliens. Hey, that theory makes as much sense.

EV-D68 has been around for decades. In the USA and Canada, and everywhere. As far as the recent cases, note how Arizona is one of the few states without cases. Apparently, all the infected illegals took a detour around Arizona.

Arizona fights illegal aliens statewide more than any other state.