Americans will become even more angry when their children come down with diseases they otherwise wouldn't have if elected officials were true to their oath of office to protect them from foreign invasion .

Unusual respiratory virus strikes hundreds of metro kids

But it was a virus that is inundating Children’s Mercy with patients.

“To be at winter census is quite unusual in August obviously. To see a virus we’ve not seen before is unusual, too,” said Dr. Mary Anne Jackson, an infectious disease specialist.

It is enterovirus 68. The doctor says it’s well-known around the world, but cases have not been seen in Kansas City before.