Enterovirus D68 Causing Paralysis
Dr. Bruno’s Post: The Mutated D68 Virus Likely Caused Paralysis.
I know this finding is no surprise. Enteroviruses cause paralysis. And viruses mutate. Remember that it was recently discovered that Type 1 polio virus mutated in the Congo causing a 40% death rate and paralysis and young adults instead of infants.
So the D68 virus mutating is no shocker nor is it something to be terrified of. D68 is not "THE NEW POLIO!" There were 107 cases of weakness or paralysis compared to thousands of children with just the respiratory illness for hospitalized and what the CDC estimates are millions of children who were infected and basically got just a cold.
These numbers are a lot better than those for the polio epidemics. Anti-bodies were drawn before and after the huge 1948 North Carolina polio epidemic where 70% of children were infected with the poliovirus, about 5% developed "non-paralytic polio" and 1% to 2% were paralyzed.
See: Children with Paralysis and ‘More Polio-Like’ Strain of enterovirus D68