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It happens all the time, we just call it something else now: https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/patient-caregiv...

That's just one of a myriad of conditions that cause paralysis.

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You know I was talking specifically about poliomyelitis, the infectious disease caused by the poliovirus, which in many countries (mine included) is called 'child paralysis'.

Remember the part where I said 'they call it something different now?' You don't have poliomyelitis anymore, you have Guillain Barre, and unfortunately, nobody knows what causes that shrugs. Some other paralyzing ailments are ALS and MS.

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