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“It is going to have an impact on the county’s ability to function.”

Tole’s civil lawsuit, filed Monday in Marion County Superior Court, alleges that he suffered “severe permanent disfigurement, loss of function, other physical injuries, emotional distress, and other damages” as a result of Sanchez’s actions.

Heather Epps, a physiotherapist with expertise in hydrotherapy for cerebral palsy patients, said it could "improve quality of life" thanks to the benefits it had in pain reduction and its ability to improve muscle function.

"Their discoveries have been decisive for our understanding of how the immune system functions and why we do not all develop serious autoimmune diseases," says Olle Kämpe, chair of the Nobel Committee.

Venezuela is an economic basket case with a smaller population than Texas and virtually no functioning civil society.