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Health Ministry Takes Action: Investigating the Strange Disease Outbreak In a concerning turn of events, over 200 people in the Egyptian village of Al-aleikat, located in the Qena governorate, have been infected with a mysterious disease, causing alarm among the residents.

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[–] HandsHurtLoL@kbin.social 57 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Oh good. Millennials are due for another world calamity. We've had one plague. Why not a second plague?

[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We're fucked this time, because now we have dedicated antivaxx/mask/ers, and those bunch of assholes are pretty much pro-plague.

[–] Teon@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, but this time we know who they are and we can lock them all outside and let them infect each other.
Mwahahahahaha!

[–] Palerider@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, you wish... If only it were that simple.

[–] Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

they are only antimask when they're asked to care for others.

They are still fully pro-mask when they are doing their fashy marches

[–] iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 2 years ago

This is the worst second breakfast meme I've come across yet... And, sadly, the most relatable.

[–] rvd2k4@midwest.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Already have 5 cases of toilet paper plus the other thing purchases from the last pandemic. UVC sanitation stations, diy hand sanitizer kit, and 3D printed mask face masks and shields.

[–] venorathebarbarian@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I know the toilet paper wars were bad, but you think it'll come to the point of needing shields??

[–] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] AstralWeekends@lemm.ee 41 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 years ago

The lack of people actually reading the article and saying it's like a new plague, and you pop along, you who actually read the article and you say it's just dengue fever.

Needless to say I didn't read the article and been just enjoyin' the tin foil hat (or face mask) conversation going on in the comments.

[–] livus@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

Yes that's what the tests have found.

There are also big dengue outbreaks in Laos and Bangladesh.

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are broken bones common with Dengue fever?

[–] EnderWi99in@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

Well it's also known as "breakbone fever". Seems likely this is the cause.

[–] raltoid@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

... the persistence of the strange disease for up to 7 days. Symptoms such as high temperatures, broken bones, vomiting, dizziness, and headaches have left the community grappling with uncertainty and fear.

I'm going to hope the broken bones was a side-effect from the dizziness and falls. If not, that disease sounds scary.

[–] neko@fishfry.cheese.beer 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Randomly broken bones sounds like it's pollution linked. It looks like there's a lot of aluminum production there, so maybe heavy metals?

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Does aluminum production produce a lot of heavy metal byproducts? It's a lithophile (it tends to congregate with crust-y rocks and oxygen rather than stuff that ends up in the core or in sulphide deposits) so I'm guessing not.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Looking at a table of Goldshmidt classifications, chromium and vanadium should too. None of those are usually called heavy metals, though.

[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Well, my backlog for shows, books and games have grown again. I think I need another lockdown. /s

[–] redezem 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Todd_cross@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

My only regret is that I have bone-itis.

[–] TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Broken and painful bones does not sound like a fun cluster of symptoms. COVID sucked but I want to avoid this disease at all costs.

I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning, I break my legs, and every afternoon, I break my arms. At night, I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep.

[–] EnderWi99in@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Yes Dengue fever is bad.

[–] electrogamerman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I dont know, for me broken bones < pulmon failure and need for oxygen mask

That's true, but for me COVID manifested flu-like symptoms and I was still largely functional. A disease with flu-like symptoms that also breaks my bones is thus a downgrade.

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

No no no no no no no! We’re not even done with the last one!

[–] DestroyMegacorps@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

Oh come on there will be another pandemic? Yikes

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