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Re:It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass sociogenic ill... by aaron695 on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @05:13PM (#28307098)
> Can't this kind of focus get really dangerous towards those who actually suffer from these challenges?

Suicide is also a social contagion. So are eating disorders, depression, gender dysphoria, cutting. All documented occurring online and obviously occurred offline pre-internet, perhaps not as well documented offline.

These people are all suffering.

You can't not talk about it. You have to work out how to treat each disease correctly.

COVID-19 related increase in childhood tics and tic-like attacks - https://adc.bmj.com/content/106/5/420.abstract

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Re:It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass sociogenic ill... by alisonkisk on Thursday August 26, 2021 @12:25AM (#28310706)
Weird that they call it "COVID-19 related" and then discuss how it's lockdown related and TikTok related.

Among boys, even pre-covid, we had Fortnite related spastic dancing tics.

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