Scared All The Time
The Sleeping Sickness That Turned People Into Human Statues
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While the Spanish flu was tearing across the globe, another epidemic began stealing people’s bodies from them. Encephalitis lethargica aka “sleepy sickness” - could make victims sleep almost continuously. It could also cause insomnia, hallucinations, involuntary movements, dramatic personality changes, paralysis, and death. Those who survived sometimes became living statues, unable to initiate…