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Fear Itself

Bill Machon
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Thanks to the work of the website Wikileaks, it has been revealed that in 2006 the US government issued a secret warning to hospitals across the country that they could become overwhelmed with patients suffering from psychosomatic symptoms of illness.  In the event of a terrorist attack, or even in the event of false news reports of an attack, a mass outbreak of fear could cause hospitals to be swarmed with patients believing that they have been affected, even if they have not been.  Such a scenario could cause confusion and create serious problems if there is indeed a real attack, and patients seeking legitimate care become lost in the shuffle.  The study cites several real incidents where situations like this actually occurred in Chechnya, Japan, and California.

Fear of Terrorist Attack Could Trigger Mass Psychogenic Illness (PDF)

 

 

 

Comments

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Submitted by 2k on Fri, 09/19/2008 - 22:59.

It's always easier if the way's been paved. Many footfalls lead many more feet to fall.

Distinguishing the real core of the emergency, the roots of the problem, must be difficult in a hierarchical yet distributed organisation.

psychology experiment?

Submitted by Nicoletogermany on Sat, 09/20/2008 - 03:59.
morgellons disease?

Who's on first?

Submitted by RogerscottQ on Sat, 09/20/2008 - 05:28.

Who hasn't heard the many ads on both the majority conservative radio-stations and even on the minor 'liberal' radio broadcasts the advisements to 'be prepared' for 'emergencies'.

Thankfully, we are enured to such drivel, but in prior times, people would have taken such as cause to panic and drive the cost of 'duct tape' up through the roof.

Still, it such is seed. It induces fear and and drives people to sell or buy and the analysts sit back and read the reactions.

If it wasn't so tragic it would be comical. It is tragic because it actually has resulted in the loss of many thousands of homes by people who only wanted to have happy families.

And we just sit back and listen to ads by the vultures who live off of good-folk's fears, and promote 'fortunes' to be made by 'flipping' the losses of other fellow citizens.

These gouls buy up homes of veterans and old-folk and the innocent disabled and think nothing of it. It is a culture of depravity and utter calousness.

Ye all should be ashamed, as I am, that we have not objected heretofore.

We hear everday talk as 'advert' about 'mortgage' vultures, and we never make a peep. WE don't call our elected reps, we don't write a letter, we don't say word one. We just listen and unless we are subject to such, say not one word.

Shame. Shame. Shame.

You sit back and do nothing. You shake your heads and 'feel' sorry for the 'unfortunate'. And what have ye all done against it? What finger have you raised? What protest have you expressed?

And even now, as you read this rebuke, what will you be doing today or tomorrow?

You read because you know. And knowing, to do nothing now is real sin.

And that will be a shame. A shame you cannot deny, having read.

So what to do? Simple: Write a letter and state objection. That's enough to relinquish all debt. We have the right to exact of others nothing and to forgive all debt.

This is time proven law for generating love and gratitude.

Knowing this, can you really continue to be mean? If so, you are mean indeed.