My son, 4, was accused of ‘attention seeking’ with his weird walk – it was ‘world’s most infectious’ Victorian disease

A MUM-of-two has told how her son, who was suffering from the “world’s deadliest infectious disease” was dismissed by medics as “attention seeking”. Megan West, from Coventry, noticed Elliot, now four, began walking ‘weird’ in December 2024, putting his feet too far out the sides and flaring his arms. The 25-year-old said she took her…