# Another pandemic on the way?

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [December 8, 2020, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pandemic-on-the-way/927553 "2020-12-08T08:58:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pandemic-on-the-way/927553/1 "2020-12-08T08:58:00Z")

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OK, I shouldn’t scare you guys, but there’s a possible new disease that’s cropped up in southern India:

> **[Hundreds ill, 1 dead due to unidentified illness in India](https://apnews.com/article/india-hundreds-unidentified-illness-fbfd61bf8ba0556f4fab986095d705de)**
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> NEW DELHI (AP) — At least one person has died and 200 others have been hospitalized due to an unidentified illness in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, reports said Monday.

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> patients have experienced symptoms ranging from nausea and anxiety to loss of consciousness, doctors said.
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> A 45-year-old man who was hospitalized with symptoms similar to epilepsy and nausea died Sunday evening

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**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pandemic-on-the-way/927553/2 "2020-12-08T09:20:01Z")

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[They currently suspect pesticide use](https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/andhra-pradesh-eluru-mysterious-disease-cause-chemical-pesticides-update-1747655-2020-12-08), not something viral, so I’m not concerned about a pandemic at this time.

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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pandemic-on-the-way/927553/3 "2020-12-08T09:30:28Z")

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Yeah, I kind of thought it might be some kind of environmental thing. But I’m sure everyone is worried it might be COVID-20!