I would like to know if, like here in Australia, about that time a vaccine was being pushed that supposedly prevented cervical cancer. Of course only girls were given this vaccine, and even though the vaccine proved to be no more effective than any other vaccine.
One major problem with any vaccination programs is that they don't assess the recipient for immune system strength before inoculation, (some people with lower level immunity for whatever reason, are much more susceptible to both the active agent being injected or ingested, and sometimes susceptible to the vehicle agents supposedly needed to deliver the active agent or both.
Vaccinations aren't always limited to children which could explain why the older lady also displayed similar symptoms.
Batches of these vaccines can also vary and there is no reason why a particularly toxic or contaminated batch may have found its way to Le Roy.
It appears ludicrous even suspicious that this possibility was never considered, investigated or was quickly dismissed by the medical fraternity.
I am not a conspiracy theorist but I don't just dismiss an argument when it stacks up either.
The superstitious and totally hypocritical rubbish about mass hysteria reeks of a possible cover up !
Can someone in Le Roy please ask these girls, or their parents, if they received any form of vaccination around that time.