Nakamotto to News@lemmy.world • 10 months agoUnknown disease infects 200 people in Egyptbnn.networkexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up174cross-posted to: news@kbin.socialworldnews@lemmy.ml
arrow-up174external-linkUnknown disease infects 200 people in Egyptbnn.networkNakamotto to News@lemmy.world • 10 months agomessage-square18fedilinkcross-posted to: news@kbin.socialworldnews@lemmy.ml
minus-squareathos77linkfedilink7•10 months agoI suspect it’s a translation issue. @noisefree linked in another, less sensational article that says this is dengue fever. And the old name for dengue fever was “break-bone fever”, because of the massive amount of bone and joint pain it caused.
minus-square@noisefree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•10 months agoI think it’s probably “bone pain” scrambled in translation, since it’s a dengue fever outbreak.
minus-square@AttackBunny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•10 months agoI hope it’s just a catch all data kind of thing. Like anything anyone has wrong with them gets lumped in to be filtered later. Idk. I’m guessing here.
Broken bones? How is that a symptom?!?
I suspect it’s a translation issue. @noisefree linked in another, less sensational article that says this is dengue fever. And the old name for dengue fever was “break-bone fever”, because of the massive amount of bone and joint pain it caused.
Oh thank you. That is much less terrifying.
I think it’s probably “bone pain” scrambled in translation, since it’s a dengue fever outbreak.
I hope it’s just a catch all data kind of thing. Like anything anyone has wrong with them gets lumped in to be filtered later. Idk. I’m guessing here.