Receiving shocks while plugged in via USB

Receiving shocks while 3G is plugged in via USB. Shock can be quite painful. It also can cause other USB devices on bus to freeze due to this event.

I am in Mexico and we don't have dry, winter air. It's 80 and humid. Nor do we have carpeting to generate any static electricity. I get shocked when I answer my iPhone if it is plugged into the computer's USB. It's the same for two other people I know here and all very recent. Different houses, different computers, different OSes. But I have a brand new iMac (unlike the others who use Windows) and I get the same shock from the metal casing of the computer. It's light enough that I can't feel it with the thick skin of my hand but if my upper arm should brush against it, it's definitely there. I am very concerned.

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