Mark Zuckerberg Ice Bucket Challenge -------------------------------------------------- What is the ice bucket challenge? Its an effort to raise awareness of ALS where participants must dump a bucket of ice cold water and then dare someone to do the same. If they cant, the alternative is to donate $100 to the ALS association How did it start? The ice bucket challenge went viral on social media after a US baseball player and ALS patient, Pete Frates, floated the idea of the challenge in a video on a social networking site. He got the idea from a friend The impact More than 1.2 million videos were shared on Facebook between June 1 and August 13. The challenge was mentioned more than 2.2 million times on Twitter since July 29, after Frates appeal What is ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is also referred to as Lou Gehrigs Disease. It is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord Incidence ALS is thought to be affect 2 people every 1 lakh of the global population Life expectancy About 20% people with ALS live 5 years or more, up to 10% live more than 10 years and about 5% live up to 20 years after diagnosis
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