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2023-12-05 18:53:52 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8BBA91C4957E89E3F3E7375E11B946CC2326AC39FC2BFFD5359824DDE642711C
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The “White Lung” “outbreak” is a manufactured term being used to describe pneumonia as it shows up on a chest x-ray as more whiteness than usual. https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/health-verify/white-lung-syndrome-not-new-mystery-illness-spreading-us/536-3e8f7985-eee6-4dfc-b0d5-74c58d79d029 Pneumonia is not uncommon, as epidemic periods occur every few years where Mycoplasma pneumonia makes up ~10%-13% of cases. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1730675293361483783.html
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