"It causes severe muscle weakness, feeding and respiratory problems, and the disease is progressive, " the hospital said in a statement.

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It shows weakness and causes people to doubt your capabilities.

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From that fact comes its weakness: the fact that it causes strokes.

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But one of the most important causes, highlighted in a new report by McKinsey, is that there has been what it calls "an unprecedented weakness in private investment".

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