"sleep epidemic "

". . . In this small village, residents fall asleep one after another. They can sleep for a few days before they wake up and continue to live on. They often suffer from severe headaches. Doctors either find no changes in the bodies of those who wake up after sleeping, or diagnose diffuse cerebral edema. The sleep epidemic started more than two years ago and still continues. . . "
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