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		jhgb on Sept 4, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How did American “wokeness” jump from elite school... He said "cases", though, not "people". I'm not sure if you can say that you have a case without treatment or diagnosis.

pseudalopex on Sept 4, 2021 [–]

They said "increase in transgender kids".

jhgb on Sept 4, 2021 | [–]

I'm pretty sure that it's clear that he meant diagnosed cases. Otherwise the text doesn't make sense. You don't ask "Could the reason for more people with X be more people with X?".

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