'This disease is a monster': Furious moms blast CDC for failing to act on mystery polio-like virus which has left hundreds of kids paralyzed since 2012, killed at least two and is now expected to hit unprecedented levels in 2020
This year the number of confirmed cases of the polio-like illness of Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) reached its highest yet with 168 cases
That is a steady climb from the 35 confirmed in 2017, 149 in 2016, 22 in 2015 and 120 in 2014
In past cases it has robbed children of the use of limbs but has also left many fully paralyzed and even in need of ventilators to breathe
At least two children have died
Several parents of children who were diagnosed with the illness have shared their anger that more has not been done to educate doctors
Parents of those children say many could have been saved if only the CDC had acted sooner to raise awareness of the condition
In November, the CDC finally launched a task-force to look into it
'I want to reaffirm to parents, patients, and our Nation CDC’s commitment to this serious medical condition,' said CDC Director Robert Redfield
By Katie Davies For Dailymail.com
Published: 20:48 EST, 1 January 2019 | Updated: 01:40 EST, 2 January 2019
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6545673/Furious-parents-blast-CDC-failing-act-virus-left-hundreds-kids-paralyzed.html
