Two-Thirds of my screen has gone all funny

Can anyone help? About two days ago I turned on my MacBook and just to the left of the camera a section on the screen had some faulty dots on it. It was all contained within a 2 inch strip from top to bottom. Now not only is there that but everything to the right of that area is distorted. When I took a snapshot of the screen that area appeared fine! I am confused and do not know what to do!
Any help advice welcome!
Thanks

I have been having the same thing happen to my screen as well. It started a couple weeks ago and it happens after I travel. I open the laptop and it has these small blinking random dots in a 2" ribbon down the screen, just to the left of the camera. They distort and appear to cluster around any graphics. After a day or two they go away. When I travel my MacBook is always in a padded sleeve and I am careful not to toss it around.....anyone have any thoughts on what is up?

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