Epidemic of lethargy: falling asleep forever

Have you ever had a nightmare in which you dream that you cannot wake up? You are trying with all your might, but you cannot get rid of this darkness, stir your own body, force yourself to stand up, open your eyes ... even scream. You try your best, but you are still asleep. Sounds scary?





What if I told you that this nightmare is a description of one of the most massive and strangest epidemics that we have ever encountered? That one day hundreds of thousands of people around the world suddenly began to freeze. With food in their mouths, with a book in their hands, they fell into a daze, from which they could not get out for years, and every third died, never returning from their dreams. They became apathetic, completely indifferent to food, family and friends, movements, postures, the fate of their bodies, to pain, joy or sadness, remaining conscious, but only partially ... millions of unfortunate, doomed and not returned. Welcome to the post "Epidemic of Lethargy: Forever Asleep".





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Thanks for reading,





Yours is SV.





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