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Izzy Hawksworth & Chiara Fiorillo

Man, 30, dies on New Year's Day from rare disease that no one has EVER survived

A 30-year-old man has died from a rare disease that nobody is thought to to have ever survived.

Jason Tolson, a warehouse worker, died on New Year 's Day after a battle with Anti-MDA5 Dermatomyositis, a systemic autoimmune disease that targets the lungs and causes muscle weakness.

There is currently no cure for it and it is believed there are no survivors of the condition.

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