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The horrifying forgotten encephalitis lethargica pandemic

The coronavirus was dropped into our lives like an anvil on a cartoon character. But this isn’t the first time a disease has taken the world by surprise. More than 100 years ago, there was a disease that went around the globe and had some of the most severe symptoms ever seen. The most surprising part is that scientists still have few ideas of what could have caused it.

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