2022 was the bad year that wasn’t—at least for a mysterious paralyzing condition in children.
In the decade before, hundreds of young, healthy kids in the US abruptly felt their limbs go weak. Debilitating paralysis set in. In recent years, around half of affected children required intensive care. About a quarter needed mechanical ventilation. A few died, and many others appear to have permanent weakness and paralysis.
All the theories of the lesser afm but I’m over here wondering if the increase in covid vaccinations in children have anything to do with less afm cases. And also why tf has no one developed a vaccine for the d86 virus yet? I know the affected population is small but so what.