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Two US Diplomats Evacuated From China Amid 'Sonic Attack' Concerns

posted by janrinok on Thursday June 07 2018, @10:46AM   Printer-friendly
from the voices-in-my-head dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Two American diplomats stationed in China were reportedly evacuated from the region after being sickened by a mysterious ailment linked to odd sounds.

The two Americans evacuated worked at the American Consulate in the southern city of Guangzhou, the New York Times reported Wednesday, adding that their colleagues and relatives are also being tested by a State Department medical team.

American officials have been worried for months that American diplomats and their families in Cuba -- and now China -- have been subjected to a "sonic attack," leading to symptoms similar to those "following concussion or minor traumatic brain injury," the State Department said in a statement Tuesday.

The new cases broaden a medical mystery that began affecting American diplomats and their families in Cuba in 2016. Since then, 24 Americans stationed in Havana have experienced dizziness, headaches, fatigue, hearing loss and cognitive issues, the State Department said.

[...] The nature of the injury, and whether a common cause exists, hasn't been established yet, the department said.

Previously: Sonic Attack? U.S. Issues Health Alert After Employee Experiences Brain Trauma in Guangzhou, China

Related: US Embassy Employees in Cuba Possibly Subjected to 'Acoustic Attack'
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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Friday June 08 2018, @03:33PM (1 child)

    by VLM (445) on Friday June 08 2018, @03:33PM (#690357)

    Well, what do you do when any other religion dies, push such that the next one isn't messed up, etc.

    And don't suggest something from the 19th or 20th century that we already tried and that didn't work then, either.

    There's some really nice folks who talk about alt this or new this and how 2.0 is so different than 1.0 in the last century and all that. The folks with the dead ideas hate them, but they're the only people out there with new / good ideas, so prod / nurture them along.

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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday June 08 2018, @07:16PM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday June 08 2018, @07:16PM (#690455) Journal

    These would be the "really nice folks" with tiki torches and weird ideas about milk consumption...?

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