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Re:How We Reverse Engineered the Cuban “Sonic Weapon” Attack... by jonny_eh on Thursday July 22, 2021 @02:29PM (#27922512)
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_...

A few legit cases of seizure triggered thousands of "false" cases.

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Re:How We Reverse Engineered the Cuban “Sonic Weapon” Attack... by fay59 on Thursday July 22, 2021 @02:38PM (#27922595)
These attacks are reported to have long-lasting consequences. That would be (I think?) incompatible with mass hysteria or nocebo effects.
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