I'm not discounting your symptoms whatsoever. However, it is also a high cold/flu time of year and many colds and flus give you a chemical smell or taste. So given the two choices laid out... one, that its a big conspiracy and deployed chemical "fog" vs. people just experiencing normal cold/flu symptoms during a normal fog occurrence I'm going with the latter. But, seriously hope you feel better.
I'm not discounting your symptoms whatsoever. However, it is also a high cold/flu time of year and many colds and flus give you a chemical smell or taste. So given the two choices laid out... one, that its a big conspiracy and deployed chemical "fog" vs. people just experiencing normal cold/flu symptoms during a normal fog occurrence I'm going with the latter. But, seriously hope you feel better.