• AcidSmiley [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    "iT hItS eVeRyOnE iN aN eMbAsSy", the liberal drooled, completely ignoring the fact that Havana syndrome had never been reported by anybody except US government officials who wanted to call in sick that day, something that would have led to no small amount of eyebrow-raising amongst people possessing a less wormy mind than his. "iT iS a NoNdIsCrImInAtInG aTtAcK", the state department pet gasped, taken aback by the total lack of national chauvinism exhibited by a weapon that could also be aimed at white people, so unlike their beloved discriminating attacks that only affected muslim POC with the same GPS movement profile as an ISIS pizza delivery guy. "aS bArBaRiC aS eXpLoDiNg a dIrTy bOmB tO kIlL 1 person" the dronie blathered, referencing his favorite work of theory, Tom Clancy's Operation Lard Goblin.

    • OgdenTO [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      It has hit other people, including children of officials from the US and canada, and there is reported and documented brain damage.

      Saying that, it's most likely insecticide sprays.

      I don't know where this "it's a hangover excuse" gibberish comes from but it's not that. It's certainly not a weapon or sonic gun or microwaves or whatever, but it's not nothing -- at least in some cases.

          • OgdenTO [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            There are both Canadian and American journal articles published with MRI brain imaging comparisons.

            Now, I'm not saying all of the cases are real -- but I believe that some have actual damage, and maybe others are psychosomatic or straight up lying to take advantage of it.

            • Sacred_Excrement [comrade/them]
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              3 years ago

              My thoughts exactly. I think the origins of it track with people being accidentally exposed to insecticides in certain embassies years back when the embassies were treating for Zika, and those were the ones who genuinely had symptoms/ brain damage of some kind.

              The rest...not so much.