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JUNE BUG DISEASE 2
The June bug epidemic best serves as a classic example of hysterical contagion. The
mysterious epidemic broke out in a dressmaking department of a US textile factory in the year
1962. The victims of the disease were evidenced by several symptoms which included
numbness, nausea, dizziness, and vomiting. The disease began with sixty-two employees
developing the mysterious symptoms, after which some of whom were hospitalized. Following
this, the media reported the case, and this invoked the researchers from US Public Health Service
Communicable Disease Center to carrying out research (Richter, Falk & Vaezi, 1998). It was
from the research that they concluded the case was one of mass hysteria. From the research, it
was believed that some of the affected workers were bitten by the June bug causing an anxiety
that that was the probably the reasons of the noted symptoms. On further investigation by local,
federal and state health officials, no definite description of the suspected insect was found
(Ruttenberg, Clark, Bug, Samwald, Bodenreider, Chen & Kinoshita, 2007).
It was after this researched observation that the explanation of the illness was shifted and
based on a social explanation. It was noted that close to 80% of the affected people worked at the
same time (shift) and the same place. The 80% cases were recorded to have happened on two
consecutive days. On further research, 58 of the affected people were women, most of who were
married and had children. Clearly this was an extremely exhausting task for them, being in mind
that they were working on colossal areas.
The textile factory had been newly established, and June being the crucial month for the
production of fall fashion, there developed an adamant incentive for employees to work at
extremely high paces and moreover to work on overtime rates. Having it that the entire
organization of the firm was not well organized created a ripe climate for great anxiety among
the employees. The high job anxiety and the manifestation of fatigue brought about a set of

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Running Head: JUNE BUG DISEASE 1 Name: Date: Assignment: Instructor’s name: JUNE BUG DISEASE 2 The June bug epidemic best serves as a classic example of hysterical contagion. The mysterious epidemic broke out in a dressmaking department of a US textile factory in the year 1962. The victims of the disease were evidenced by several symptoms which included numbness, nausea, dizziness, and vomiting. The disease began with sixty-two employees developing the mysterious symptoms, after which some of whom were hospitalized. Following this, the media reported the case, and this invoked the researchers from US Public Health Service Communicable Disease Center to carrying out research (Richter, Falk & Vaezi, 1998). It was from the research that they concluded the case was one of mass hysteria. From the research, it was believed that some of the affected workers were bitten by the June bug causing an anxiety that that was the probably the reasons of the noted symptoms. On further investigation by local, federal and state health officials, no definite description of the suspected insect was found (Ruttenberg, Clark, Bug, Samwald, Bodenreider, Chen & Kinoshita, 2007). It was after this rese ...
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