mystery illness with spots i attended high school in the san jose california area in the early s and i remember a smallish outbreak of a strange illness in which people developed measles like spots on their bodies this condition seemed to last only a few days and i don t recall anyone reporting any other symptoms i seem to recall reading somewhere that this was believed to have been viral in nature but i don t know for sure however i have been curious since then about this anyone have any ideas about what this might have been
