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Originally posted by Solasis
en.wikipedia.org...
Dancing Mania was really similar. in the 14th-16th centuries, whole villages would suddenly break out into horrible spasms, standing and linking hands and leaping, which looked most like dancing. Some people thought music would cure it by regulating the motions, so they followed the "dancers" around playing music. Sounds like Azathoth to me...
*shiver*
Once the disease left the school, however, a pattern became clear: adolescent females at mission-run schools were first to be infected. They would then take the disease home to infect their mothers and other female relatives. Young boys appeared to be somewhat susceptible to the disease, however adult men appeared to be completely immune to the epidemic. There is also not a single instance of a “person of stature” in the community - policemen, doctors or schoolteachers, either male or female - becoming infected. Europeans and other Westerners seemed to have immunity, too. In fact, the disease seemed to follow a strict path along tribal and familial lines. If a female relative, a male relative, and a complete stranger of either gender were locked in a room with an “infected” person, the disease would probably infect the female relative, possibly infect the male, and would almost never infect the stranger."
Originally posted by timewalker
The study says that adolescent girls were affected more than boys, and would pass it to female family members before the males would get it.
Once the disease left the school, however, a pattern became clear: adolescent females at mission-run schools were first to be infected. They would then take the disease home to infect their mothers and other female relatives. Young boys appeared to be somewhat susceptible to the disease, however adult men appeared to be completely immune to the epidemic. There is also not a single instance of a “person of stature” in the community - policemen, doctors or schoolteachers, either male or female - becoming infected. Europeans and other Westerners seemed to have immunity, too. In fact, the disease seemed to follow a strict path along tribal and familial lines. If a female relative, a male relative, and a complete stranger of either gender were locked in a room with an “infected” person, the disease would probably infect the female relative, possibly infect the male, and would almost never infect the stranger."
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OK lets give it a try. I like where this could go. Please lets try to keep it going.