While the simplest answer is COVID-19, a convention of conspiracy theorists decides they have anthrax

A bunch of conspiracy theorists held a convention, featuring speakers who shared their beliefs that COVID-19 is a hoax and vaccines are a plot, and mysteriously many of them have fallen ill! While their symptoms, and Occam's razor, suggest COVID-19 — they will probably go to some extreme lengths to keep claiming it is anthrax. — Read the rest