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Proclamation #2023-007PPROCLAJvtAVOiV 2023-007P Whereas, lupus is an unpredictable and misunderstood autoimmune disease that can cause severe damage to the tissue and organs in the body, and in some cases, death; and Whereas, more than 100,000 Floridians and five million people worldwide suffer from the devastating effects of this cruel and mysterious disease and each year over a hundred thousand young women and children around the world are newly diagnosed with lupus, the great majority of whom are women of childbearing age; and Whereas, medical research efforts into lupus and the discovery of safer, more effective treatments for lupus patients are under -funded in comparison with diseases of comparable magnitude and severity; and Whereas, many physicians worldwide are unaware of symptoms and health effects of lupus, causing people with lupus to suffer for many years before they obtain a correct diagnosis and medical treatment; and Whereas, there is a deep, unmet need worldwide to educate and support individuals and families affected by lupus; and Whereas, there is an urgent need to increase awareness in communities worldwide of the debilitating impact of lupus. Now, therefore, I, Tim Murry, Mayor of the City of Clermont in the State of Florida, do hereby proclaim the month of May, Two Thousand and Twenty Three as: .Lupus Awareness Month In Witness Whereof f, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the City of Clermont to be affixed this 1 Oth Day of May in the year Two Thousand and Twenty Three. Tim Murry, Mayo ATTEST: Tracy Ackroyd Howe, MMC City Clerk