What if, now hear me out, like what if some of the agents that experienced this were actually experiencing the testing of some experimental tech on the part of the US a la Ultra?

Soon we'll have wave guns on the streets, all the hip kids will power up, log in, and wave out. Just people blasting each other in the face in open air broad daylight wave markets. It will have clinical applications, and tech bros will micro wave a little each day to get the positive benefits conferred on workplace productivity. They'll be so many frequencies the fcc and dea won't be able to keep up and they'll be forced to legalize the wave. Everyone can just stream content and wave dome all day every day and live happily ever after