A Medical Mystery Grows as U.S. Consulate Workers in China Fall Ill
Source: New York Times
GUANGZHOU, China — A crisis over a mysterious ailment sickening American diplomats and their families — which began in Cuba and recently appeared in China — widened on Wednesday. The State Department evacuated at least two more Americans who fell ill in China after hearing strange noises, officials said.
Many other employees at the American Consulate in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou and their family members are also being tested by a State Department medical team that has been flown in, officials said. It is unclear how many of them are exhibiting symptoms, but officials expect more American personnel to be evacuated.
For months, American officials have been worried that their diplomats have been subjected to targeted attacks involving odd sounds, leading to symptoms similar to those “following concussion or minor traumatic brain injury,” the State Department says.
The new illnesses in China come just weeks after American officials reported finding their first case in Guangzhou, where a consulate employee got sick after reporting disturbing noises.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/world/asia/china-guangzhou-consulate-sonic-attack.html
Yikes.
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the lack of McDonalds, Wendy's, tacos, and massive daily doses of social media and cable TV.
Maybe they're just homesick.......
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Except for one trip to Germany, I haven't been so lucky but have enjoyed good cuisine around the US and bit in Canada.
My hobby on my service job trips was to find out of the way locally-owned restaurants. Usually, plant maintenance people could always steer me to some good ones!
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It's been a long while since we lived in England but I LOVED the veggies there. I shopped open farmer's markets there.
