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Or that it's related an an anti spy device surreptitiously left by foreign agents at each embassy. Anyone can make an appointment to visit one and leave a disgu

Or that it's related an an anti spy device surreptitiously left by foreign agents at each embassy. Anyone can make an appointment to visit one and leave a disguised device behind. Or perhaps more likely, use a directed weapon aimed towards the embassy from the outside. Or perhaps there was only an issue in Havana, and what we see now is psychosomatic. Or even that a few coincidental illnesses in Havana led to psychosomatic incidents as well. Really all there is to go by is different levels of speculation informed by very few facts known for certain. However it would be odd for the US to allow its own devices to make its own staff sick, sparking many conspiracy theories and accusations at other countries.

totalZero 5y ago
Theories abound, but we ought to exhaust all available avenues of examination before landing on the "psychosomatic" label. Few things are worse than having a physiological problem and being told that it's all in your head. You can feel it, you are somehow debilitated by it, and yet others do not believe you. American diplomats are not particularly superstitious nor ignorant people, and they are indeed exposed to risks; some have been killed in the line of duty. I am inclined to treat this like a workplace-related injury until proven otherwise.