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Mass hysteria combined with nocebo effect? Triggered by an encounter with cicada trapped in a hotel room. Similar example, the Pokemon Panic of 1997: https://e
by jonny_eh 5y ago
Mass hysteria combined with nocebo effect? Triggered by an encounter with cicada trapped in a hotel room.
Similar example, the Pokemon Panic of 1997: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Radford#Pok%C3%A9mon_panic_(1997) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Radford#Pok%C3%A9mon_...
A few legit cases of seizure triggered thousands of "false" cases.
- fay59 5y agoThese attacks are reported to have long-lasting consequences. That would be (I think?) incompatible with mass hysteria or nocebo effects.
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