How many with EMS died of it in the first year or 18 months of the new disease?
The official CDC figure is 37; however, it is acknowledged by the authorities that deaths may have been missed during the time that this counting was conducted. The figure 38 often seen on the Internet is wrong and represents one death accidentally counted twice by the FDA, according to sources at the CDC who wrote to me in response to a letter from me to the CDC about the matter. I myself think the figure is much higher than 37 for the first several years and certainly has grown over the years as people have died of causes related to having had EMS.
