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apologies if this is bad form. At least I only want your signature, not your money ;-)
My girlfriend was born with Scoliosis, which is a spinal curvature. These days she helps run a website - http://www.scoliosis-support.org/ - which provides support to other sufferers. She has asked me to pass on this request to everyone I know, so that they can get 1000 signatures on the petition. It would totally make their christmas:
Scoliosis and Kyphosis are curvatures of the spine that usually develop during the teenage years. If not caught early enough, these curvatures become deformities that require bracing and often a long and painful surgery to fuse the spine. In America and other countries, kids are regularly screened at school in order to catch cases before they become serious. This system works well; the screening simply consists of getting the child to bend forward so that a nurse can check their back for abnormalities. It costs nothing but the nurse's time, yet scoliosis surgery costs many thousands of pounds.
PLEASE sign this petition, help save kids from the trauma of surgery and also help save thousands of pounds for the taxpayer!
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/scoliscreening/
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