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‘Like a drill going into my eye’: why the mystery over Havana syndrome refuses to die
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Kwerl lemmy.zip lavenie@lemmy.zip
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finalarbiter lemmy.dbzer0.com finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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It's funny to me that the descriptions of "havana syndrome" are largely just migraine symptoms.

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WesternInfidels feddit.online WesternInfidels@feddit.online
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...a long-awaited report delivered the official assessment of the US intelligence community: “The available intelligence consistently points against the involvement of US adversaries in causing the reported incidents,” read an unclassified summary.

Of course, if this were the result of some secret Russian beam weapon, "the US intelligence community" would probably want to keep our vulnerability under wraps. So, regardless of whether or not "Havana Syndrome" is the result of an attack, "the US intelligence community" is motivated to say it was not. And they're the adults in the room, they're the only authority on the matter.

This is part of why people are so receptive to conspiracy theories.

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Sundray lemmus.org sundray@lemmus.org
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It's funny to me that the descriptions of "havana syndrome" are largely just migraine symptoms.

A beam that could give people migraines would certainly be a terror weapon.

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Widdershins lemmy.world Widdershins@lemmy.world
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A beam that could give people migraines would certainly be a terror weapon.

Mariah Carey is almost thawed out for the season.

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ZkhqrD5o lemmy.world ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world
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It was an AWE all along!

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NihilsineNefas slrpnk.net NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net
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...a long-awaited report delivered the official assessment of the US intelligence community: “The available intelligence consistently points against the involvement of US adversaries in causing the reported incidents,” read an unclassified summary. Of course, if this were the result of some secret Russian beam weapon, "the US intelligence community" would probably want to keep our vulnerability...

“The available intelligence consistently points against the involvement of US adversaries in causing the reported incidents,”

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WesternInfidels feddit.online WesternInfidels@feddit.online
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It's funny to me that the descriptions of "havana syndrome" are largely just migraine symptoms.

You could say this about a lot of maladies, though.

I never had a migraine that caused me to collapse and lose consciousness.

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finalarbiter lemmy.dbzer0.com finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-08-16
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You could say this about a lot of maladies, though. I never had a migraine that caused me to collapse and lose consciousness.

I'm glad you haven't experienced that in a migraine. It's happened to me a handful of times over the course of my life and I would definitely not recommend it.

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