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Sonic Poison? The Genesis of Havana Syndrome

2023/6/9
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哈瓦那综合征的案例可能源于群体心理疾病，而非声波武器攻击。报道中提到的神秘声音录音并不危险，专家认为其声音类似于昆虫鸣叫，不足以造成人员的严重身体损伤。迈阿密小学集体患病事件也证明了群体性癔症的存在，数百名儿童出现类似症状，但并非由毒气泄漏引起。群体性癔症（Mass Psychogenic Illness）是一种真实存在的现象，其症状是真实的，但起因在于心理而非生理。比利时1999年可口可乐事件中，最初的患病可能由可乐中的气体污染引起，但随后大规模的患病是群体性癔症的结果。对群体性癔症的误解导致了对哈瓦那综合征等事件的讨论缺乏客观性，也影响了疾病的治疗。哈瓦那综合征的案例也可能部分源于群体心理疾病，对该现象的讨论缺乏客观性，且对群体性癔症的误解影响了疾病的治疗方法。

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CIA agents in Havana report feeling hit by a beam of sound, leading to a series of mysterious symptoms and the eventual suspicion of a sonic weapon.

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CIA agents in Havana complaining of mental fog, dizziness and ear pain in 2016. Children in Miami in 1974, hyperventilating and wracked with abdominal pain. A medieval outbreak of the “dancing plague”. A chorus of meowing nuns.

These mysterious and seemingly disparate events may have a simple explanation — and one that’s often overlooked when it comes to understanding strange new syndromes.

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