What the F...."Unknown illness" spreads from Woman, to Sheriff, to hospital staff- cause unknown!? Oregon coast.

"Unknown illness spreads from woman to deputies and hospital staff in Coos County"

Five people fell ill from an unknown hazardous material that appears to be spreading by contact and causing hallucinations, the Coos County Sheriff's Office said.

A hazmat team responded to both Bay Area Hospital and a home on East Bay Road as the symptoms spread from a woman to deputies, a person under the woman's care and a hospital employee, the sheriff's office said.

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Cliffs notes:

- This woman, a caregiver, called the Sheriff's Dept around 3am, saying someone was vandalizing her car.

- Sheriff's Dept deputies get there, don't see anything, and are called back at 5am. This time they think she is having medical issues and hallucinating, so she is taken to the hospital.

- Hospital examines her, she appears fine, returns home.

- THEN the 2 deputies begin showing symptoms and are hospitalized

- AND THEN a hospital employee begins showing symptoms, along with the 78 year old patient of the caregiver!





Anyone have an idea of what could cause this?

Flu-like symptoms leading to hallucinations? F-ing scary.


"Initial investigations believed that a medication used in patch form may have been the source."

"No source of the contamination has been found. The vehicles, equipment and uniforms have been checked with no contaminates identified or located on or about them."


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