1/ THREAD • Three teens from Wake Forest-Rolesville HS (Class of ’11) were hit with Ewing sarcoma, a bone cancer that strikes only ~200 kids a year in the US. Officials said “coincidence.” Let’s look at why that answer is not good enough.

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4/ In 2013 a WRAL exposé (linked at end of thread) forced action. DHHS finally opened a formal probe, adding a fourth local case from 2009. The December 2013 report said no environmental link, no statistical excess, not a cluster. Case closed.

3/ Parents flagged the pattern to NC health officials in 2011. The state promised a review but never told the CDC and never sent its findings to the families. They waited in silence while their kids fought chemo.

2/ Rarity check: 200 cases ÷ 56 million US kids 0-19 ≈ 1 in 280 000. A class of ~400 should expect 0.0014 cases. Pulling three? Back-of-napkin puts the odds in the 1-in-billions range. I know this is oversimplified - statisticians / actuaries please weigh-in.

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It's a grim view of the sloth that exists within these organizations and their indifferent attitude towards rare diseases / conditions.

i would be extremely frustrated if one of these was my child and i learned 14 years later that no one investigated to see the cause of this.

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From the little I know, the main driver is a genetic mutation but not limited to that, if there is radiation of any sort they are being exposed to such as ionization radiation from maybe a medical facility around or any facility around dealing with such, it could be the best guess.

Ok obvious cluster 
But from WHAT?? 

Any guesses?

so they still haven't looked into it? that's so wild

3 is wild. There definitely must be something being missed like a facility exposing the kids to constant radiation or a source where they got exposed to. Ewing Sarcoma is a rare cancer on its own, having 3 with a rare cancer from a class is enough to raise suspicion and proper approach.