A mysterious disease swept the world in the early 1920s that put people into catatonic states; stiff and immovable like human statues. It was called encephalitis lethargica and it affected over 5 million people worldwide, and then was almost forgotten.
Knowing what we know now, what do you suppose caused this?
I thought the Rockefellers did that, pushing petroleum products as medicine.
it was*
All the big industrialists of the day were in on it, promoting eugenics along the way.
The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka..?
Not a direct answer to your OP, but these two articles are perhaps relevant:
https://www.algora.com/Algora_blog/2020/02/06/spanish-flu-of-1918-was-really-a-bioterror-attack-on-humanity
https://rodneydodson000.medium.com/what-you-didnt-know-about-polio-26d20cba98e5
There was the dancing plague that occasionally cropped up between the 15th and 17th century’s. We still don’t reliably know what caused it either. One of the more popular ideas is mold with hallucinogenic properties.
The tarantella is a traditional Italian folk dance characterized by lively music and quick, light steps. The dance is often performed by couples, with the women frequently carrying tambourines. The tarantella’s origin is connected to tarantism, a disease or form of hysteria that appeared in Italy in the 15th to 17th centuries and was believed to be cured by frenzied dancing.
The tarantella’s history is shrouded in mystery, with some theories suggesting that it originated from a “Dianic or Dionysiac cult” that was driven underground. Others propose that the Roman Senate suppressed ancient Bacchanalian rites, causing the tarantella to go underground and reappear under the guise of emergency therapy for bite victims.
The dance is believed to have originated in Southern Italy, specifically in the 16th and 17th centuries, during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Initially, it was a solo dance used to cure disease, but it later evolved into a dance of courtship.
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To my knowledge the Earliest recorded outbreaks of the Dancing Plague, also known as ‘Dancing Mania’ were in the Holy Roman Empire as early as the 7th century and spread from there.
With cases spreading across the continent.
Was there a fever associated with this illness?
I used to watch "Dance Fever" when I was young. Denny Terio busting out the newest disco moves every weekend!
Grew on rye if I remember right.
Must be a vaxine.
u/SemperSupra has suggested that it could be a food-borne pathogen.
I have a personal theory that stronger microscopes allowing us to see live micro-organisms in live tissue that may not even be known of yet will be the key to understanding many illnesses.
I had never heard of EL, but have had experience with Lyme disease, CF and long covid...
This was interesting information that makes you appreciate how long they have been experimenting on humans...I am happy to say that a naturopath utilizing homeopathics and alternative treatments successfully "cured" these conditions...if there even is a long term cure...the body has an amazing ability to heal itself given the proper support...knowledge is power...never stop learning and be your own advocate and doctor to the best of your ability...
Deniro and Robin Williams made a movie about a doctor in 1969 who used a drug to bring people out of their catatonic states that suffered this condition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awakenings
Vaccines released in the 20's:
1921 – First vaccine for tuberculosis by Albert Calmette[9][10]
1923 – First vaccine for diphtheria by Gaston Ramon, Emil von Behring and Kitasato Shibasaburō 1924 – First vaccine for scarlet fever by George F. Dick and Gladys Dick 1924 – First inactive vaccine for tetanus (tetanus toxoid, TT) by Gaston Ramon, C. Zoeller and P. Descombey 1926 – First vaccine for pertussis (whooping cough) by Leila Denmark
I don't know but this reminds me of the premise of Dr. Stone.
Great show haha
Some poison they released in 1920.