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Eric Hovde: “About 5% of people have it, have a benign, you know, maybe…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 07:48

70% is relapsing, remitting, where you have an attack, it'll eat away at your myelin, you go into remission, but you may have residual damage. And About 5% of people have it, have a benign, you know, maybe one attack and then nothing really advances too much. You know, I had a lot of issues in my 30s with it, but through a variety of things, it, it has been pretty Benign now for 20 years. (07:48–07:57)

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Asserts that 5% of MS cases are benign with minimal progression.

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