This Disease Turned 5 Million People Into Statues, And Then Vanished
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Use code JOESCOTT50 to get 50% OFF your first Factor box plus 20% off your next box at https://bit.ly/4ajfhEs 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. Want to support the channel? Here's how: Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Channel Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-2YHgc363EdcusLIBbgxzg/join T-Shirts & Merch: http://www.answerswithjoe.com/store Check out my 2nd channel, Joe Scott TMI: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqi721JsXlf0wq3Z_cNA_Ew And my podcast channel, Conversations With Joe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJzc7TiJ2nnuyJkUpOZ8RKA You can listen to my podcast, Conversations With Joe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Spotify 👉 https://spoti.fi/37iPGzF Apple Podcasts 👉 https://apple.co/3j94kfq Google Podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/3qZCo1V Interested in getting a Tesla or going solar? Use my referral link and get discounts and perks: https://ts.la/joe74700 Follow me at all my places! Instagram: https://instagram.com/answerswithjoe TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@answerswithjoe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/answerswithjoe Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/answerswithjoe LINKS LINKS LINKS https://abcnews.go.com/Health/percentage-us-adults-long-covid-falls-6-cdc/story?id=102161415#:~:text=Interest%20Successfully%20Added-,Percentage%20of%20US%20adults%20with%20long%20COVID%20falls%20to%206,significant%20limitation%20doing%20daily%20activities.&text=The%20percentage%20of%20adults%20in,decreased%2C%20new%20federal%20data%20shows. https://wfneurology.org/activities/news-events/archived-news/2023-10-16-wcn-2 https://academic.oup.com/jnen/article/60/7/663/2916219 https://achh.army.mil/history/book-wwi-communicablediseases-chapter15 https://academic.oup.com/jnen/article/60/7/663/2916219 https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/encephalitis-lethargica https://www.neurologylive.com/view/encephalitis-lethargica-still-unexplained-sleeping-sickness https://www.encephalitis.info/types-of-encephalitis/other/encephalitis-lethargica/ https://academic.oup.com/jnen/article/60/7/663/2916219 https://academic.oup.com/jnen/article/60/7/663/2916219 https://www.npr.org/transcripts/436289763 https://protomag.com/medical-history/awakening-oliver-sacks/ https://achh.army.mil/history/book-wwi-communicablediseases-chapter15 https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/140/8/2246/3970828 https://protomag.com/medical-history/awakening-oliver-sacks/ https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2334-12-136 https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/140/8/2246/3970828 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(21)00299-6/fulltext https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/balanced/202205/encephalitis-lethargica-and-long-covid https://wfneurology.org/activities/news-events/archived-news/2023-10-16-wcn-2 TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 2:40 - What Is Encephalitis Lethargica? 6:36 - Parkinsonism 8:07 - Dr. Oliver Sacks 11:59: What Causes E.L? 18:07 - Sponsor - Factor
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