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Just a thought... there are over 80 ALS Clinics and Centers in the United States. Let's take some low quesstimate numbers remembering it sometimes takes weeks to get an appointment. If each of these places saw 5 patients a day, times 5 days a week, times 50 working weeks a year, times 80+ clinics... you have 100,000 people with ALS or some MND.
Yet, it is stated ALS is rare with only 5,000 being diagnosed a year and about 50,000 living with ALS. And... some only see ALS patients. Also... PLS is considered extremely rare. Remember... I used low quesstimate numbers. Maybe some Clinics see 10 patients a day. I have often wondered about that "5,000" number.
Yet, it is stated ALS is rare with only 5,000 being diagnosed a year and about 50,000 living with ALS. And... some only see ALS patients. Also... PLS is considered extremely rare. Remember... I used low quesstimate numbers. Maybe some Clinics see 10 patients a day. I have often wondered about that "5,000" number.