[rovenstinez]

Could it be that there have always been these strange illnesses but no one connected the dots to report it?

[nicmarlo]

but no one connected the dots to report it?

No offense, but I can't imagine that....medical technolgy grows by leaps and bounds every few years. But this year, the CDC is saying, as a possible explanation for all the cruise ship illnesses this year (which, BTW, has tripled from last year), are these possible reasons:

1. they weren't looking at the symptoms in the past and calling them flu symptoms (i.e., overlooking it); or Yeah, right, just what everyone wants to do when they have a stomach flu, be on a ship that goes up and down on the waves. I think the CDC is a joke.

[kevin]

"Could it be that there have always been these strange illnesses but no one connected the dots to report it?"

Um....no.