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I guess he meant "they reported it first, instead of any other major US news outlet"

by drtse4 13y ago

dalke 13y ago
The LA Times is a major US news outlet which reported it: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-polio-like-paralysis-california-20140223,0,4064386.story http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-polio-like-paral... . It's being distributed through the AP. There are 18 newspapers listed on Google News which reported on this in the last 24 hours: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=polio-like&oq=polio-like&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j43i53.243.1911.0.2397.12.4.1.6.6.0.245.530.1j2j1.4.0...0.0...1ac.1.GlCOtSJgBVQ https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0... . For what it's worth, West Nile virus can cause polio-like paralysis( http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20140211-west-nile-triggered-millions-in-hospital-costs-lost-productivity.ece http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20140211-west-nile-trig... and http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/02/the-limbo-between-a-life-worth-living-and-death.html http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/02/the-l... ).
- thrush 13y ago
  I guess he meant "they reported it first, instead of any other major US news outlet" This is exactly what I meant. In hindsight, I hadn't checked other news outlets (it's clearly evident that they had already reported on the topic), and I suppose it's not all that strange because there may well be BBC representatives in California, or at least in touch with people in California. It was a very poorly thought out comment, and I apologize.
  - dalke 13y ago
    It appears that the news articles (Google News now reports 149 hits for the term "polio-like") are due to the following: https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/Home/PressRelease/1246 https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/Home/PressRelease/1246 (EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL 4 PM ET, February 23, 2014) > PHILADELPHIA – UPDATE: The research study authors related that there are now between 20 and 25 reported, suspected cases of this polio-like syndrome. Researchers have identified a polio-like syndrome in a cluster of children from California over a one-year period, according to a case report released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 66th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, April 26 to May 3, 2014. There's no reason to have a physical presence in California. For example, the writer might be on a mailing list for announcements from the AAN, and perhaps even access to the embargoed information. Make a few phone calls (including to the researchers in California) and the article is done.

I guess he meant "they reported it first, instead of any other major US news outlet"

by drtse4 13y ago

I guess he meant "they reported it first, instead of any other major US news outlet"

dalke 13y ago

The LA Times is a major US news outlet which reported it: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-polio-like-paralysis-california-20140223,0,4064386.story http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-polio-like-paral... . It's being distributed through the AP. There are 18 newspapers listed on Google News which reported on this in the last 24 hours: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=polio-like&oq=polio-like&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j43i53.243.1911.0.2397.12.4.1.6.6.0.245.530.1j2j1.4.0...0.0...1ac.1.GlCOtSJgBVQ https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0... . For what it's worth, West Nile virus can cause polio-like paralysis( http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20140211-west-nile-triggered-millions-in-hospital-costs-lost-productivity.ece http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20140211-west-nile-trig... and http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/02/the-limbo-between-a-life-worth-living-and-death.html http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/02/the-l... ).

thrush 13y ago
I guess he meant "they reported it first, instead of any other major US news outlet" This is exactly what I meant. In hindsight, I hadn't checked other news outlets (it's clearly evident that they had already reported on the topic), and I suppose it's not all that strange because there may well be BBC representatives in California, or at least in touch with people in California. It was a very poorly thought out comment, and I apologize.
- dalke 13y ago
  It appears that the news articles (Google News now reports 149 hits for the term "polio-like") are due to the following: https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/Home/PressRelease/1246 https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/Home/PressRelease/1246 (EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL 4 PM ET, February 23, 2014) > PHILADELPHIA – UPDATE: The research study authors related that there are now between 20 and 25 reported, suspected cases of this polio-like syndrome. Researchers have identified a polio-like syndrome in a cluster of children from California over a one-year period, according to a case report released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 66th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, April 26 to May 3, 2014. There's no reason to have a physical presence in California. For example, the writer might be on a mailing list for announcements from the AAN, and perhaps even access to the embargoed information. Make a few phone calls (including to the researchers in California) and the article is done.