Mass hysteria may explain 'sonic attacks' in Cuba, say top neurologists

[Judi Lynn]

Despite 22 Americans reporting symptoms no evidence of a weapon found
Experts suspect a psychosomatic disorder linked to high stress in Havana

Julian Borger and Philip Jaekl
Thursday 12 October 2017 13.20 EDT

Senior neurologists have suggested that a spate of mysterious ailments among US diplomats in Cuba – which has caused a diplomat rift between the two countries – could have been caused by a form of “mass hysteria” rather than sonic attacks.

The unexplained incidents have prompted the US to withdraw most of its embassy staff from Havana and expel the majority of Cuban diplomats from Washington.

The neurologists who talked to the Guardian cautioned that no proper diagnosis is possible without far more information and access to the 22 US victims, who have suffered a range of symptoms including hearing loss, tinnitus, headaches and dizziness.

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But US and Cuban investigations have produced no evidence of any weapon, and the neurologists argue that the possibility of “functional disorder” due to a problem in the functioning of nervous system – rather than a disease – should be considered.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/12/cuba-mass-hysteria-sonic-attacks-neurologists

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[KT2000]

1. I must say -

bullshit.

[applegrove]

2. They have audio of it.

[Petrushka]

3. ---

[applegrove]

4. Thanks.

[Judi Lynn]

5. How bright some people are, imagining Cuba wanted the US to end Barack Obama's opening of dialogue,

and beginning of a cessation of hostilities toward Cuba, after 56 years of constant bullying, and an extreme, unprecedented form of economic warfare.

Who benefits? Certainly not Cubans.

Why not take a moment and use those gawd-given brains of yers?

[Zorro]

6. Haw haw haw!

Now that's funny. Responding to your own post with "Why not take a moment and use those gawd-given brains of yers?"

Giving yourself a taste of your own medicine, eh?

[GatoGordo]

7. And the apologists for left wing dictatorships just can't help themselves

Had these attacks occurred to Cuban diplomats on US soil, the usual suspects would start 20 "cut and paste" threads expressing their outrage.