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Jirel

(2,369 posts)
Mon Dec 7, 2020, 07:59 PM Dec 2020

Of course. It's 2020. Why WOULDN'T some mystery disease crop up?

So now there's a mystery disease in India, with 300 people hospitalized. Headaches, seizures, nausea, passing out - fabulous. Might be the water, but they can't find any contaminants. They don't *think* it's a virus...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2020/12/07/over-300-people-hospitalized-with-mysterious-illness-in-india-one-dead/?sh=6ac296514f2f

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newdayneeded

(2,493 posts)
1. I remember
Mon Dec 7, 2020, 08:02 PM
Dec 2020

I remember hearing about some strange disease in China, and shrugged my shoulders like everybody else here in the US. A lot different thought now hearing about this one!

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
7. Competent people leading the country. At least then we will have a fighting chance at
Mon Dec 7, 2020, 08:18 PM
Dec 2020

avoiding heavy damage.

Today I was thinking about what would have happened had Trump been president when Ebola threatened the USA. I believe that would have been a complete disaster for us.

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