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Re:The Twitching Girls: Is this the first illness spread by ... by jancsika on Sunday February 27, 2022 @10:50AM (#30489483)
> > But these new patients were different. They were older, for a start—teenagers—and about half of them were girls.

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Me, who comprehended the connection to the previous paragraph that clearly puts the quote in contradistinction to Tourrette's affecting mostly boys:

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Re:The Twitching Girls: Is this the first illness spread by ... by eganist on Sunday February 27, 2022 @11:39AM (#30489951)
In fairness, the difference would've been more pronounced to me if they'd actually given the numbers. "Typical" doesn't give me enough context, but 3-4x does:

http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2008/04/9325.html

Thanks for steering me.

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