| Thinking my way through this thing: A. If there's a directed-energy weapon, we would know about it because we probably have one too. B. If we have one and we know they're using it, we have two choices: B.1 We call them out on it, but then we have to
admit we have the thing too, and we've tested it on
people so we know it does that.
B.2 We don't call them out on it directly, and we
just encourage affected federal employees to go
public and shame our friends in Moscow, Havana,
Beijing, country X we have some political problem
with.
C. If there's not a directed-energy weapon, it's either the pesticide thing or mass hysteria.D. Normal people won't know what the real answer is until it's FOIA declassified in 60 years. E. Working for the CIA in unfriendly countries can come with side-effects. |
The neurologists at the University of Pennsylvania found that some explanations for the Havana Syndrome, including mass hysteria and group psychosis, were highly unlikely. Many of the patients didn’t know each other, their performance on these tests could not have been faked, and they did not wallow in their pain. In fact, according to the study, they were desperately trying to get better and “were largely determined to continue to work or return to full duty, even when encouraged by health care professionals to take sick leave.” The study also concluded that these injuries were likely not caused by exposure to chemicals, since no organs other than the brain were involved. Nor were they likely to have been the product of a viral infection, the doctors said, because these patients did not display associated symptoms, like a spiking fever.