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Author Topic:   Alan Alda's polio
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Message 23 of 71 (423710)
09-23-2007 9:11 PM
Reply to: Message 18 by Fosdick
09-23-2007 8:48 PM


Re: On Sister Kinney
Hoot Mon writes:
Maybe polio is naturally asymptomatic in babies. Would you happen to know?
According to Wikipedia ("poliomyelitis"), 90% of polio infections are asymptomatic.
It appears the odds were that Alda would have experienced the same outcome whether Sister Kinney stopped by or not.

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