Not Long Ago

100 years is not very long ago. 

Women’s suffrage after a Tennessee vote ratified the 19th Amendment. Automotive assembly lines that led to mass production of the Model T Ford. The Spanish Flu that killed over 50 Million souls worldwide. Radio (with vacuum tubes) was the main media for household entertainment.

So much is different and yet so much is the same in 2020. 

Women not only vote but run for and hold high office. Vehicles for the mass public are produced worldwide. COVID-19 is not just another pandemic. Streaming replaces cable television as our favorite source of entertainment.

What about medical research to cure or at least significantly mitigate rare diseases? We’ve achieved major advancements with diseases like typhoid fever, tetanus, polio, diphtheria, and so many others.

What about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy? Let’s not allow 25 years become 50 or 75 or, God help us, 100 years, before we’re able to save generations of young boys. Let’s cure Duchenne, now. 

How? Look at the common denominators that led to the major events listed above. Commitment. Talent. Communication. Information sharing. Courage. Funding. 

All of those forces exist today, ready to cure Duchenne. Let’s improve the synergies of combining those forces. Time flies. Let’s make the best of it to cure Duchenne and save this generation.

Kindly yours,

Papa in Tennessee