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First Cuba, Now China? A Worker In US Embassy In China Experienced 'Abnormal' Sounds, Brain Damage (reuters.com)
amxcoder writes: An American citizen working at a U.S. consulate located in the Chinese city of Guangzhou has reported experiencing "abnormal" sounds (and pressures) for the past several months, starting in late 2017 until April of 2018. Upon medical evaluation, the worker has been diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury symptoms. The U.S. embassy is conducting an investigation into the issue, and is issuing warnings to all U.S. citizens in China. The symptoms and several other similarities has drawn comparison to a similar event last year in a different U.S. embassy in Cuba. Officials can not link the two events together at this point, but the U.S. State Department is working with Chinese authorities to investigate the issue further. As a result of the Cuba acoustic "attacks," the U.S. government in October expelled 15 Cuban diplomats from the U.S. for what it said was Cuba's failure to protect staff at the U.S. embassy in Havana. Staff there reported symptoms including hearing loss, dizziness, fatigue, and cognitive issues. Canadian personnel also reported similar health symptoms.
Staff there reported symptoms including hearing loss, dizziness, fatigue, and cognitive issues
So lawyers, poli-sci grads, international studies grads :
- Are noticed to be misinterpreting everything they hear in a way that seems like they are suffering hearing loss
- Are dizzy after lunch and dinner... maybe having a little bit of trouble walking a straight line, can't touch their noses, etc...
- Appear to be lazy as shit and are hoping people will believe they have fatigue?
- Have cognitive issues... I mean beyond the aforementioned being a lawyer, poli-sci/international studies grad...
I seriously don't see how this isn't a bigger problem in all embassies around the world.
Is it possible this has always been the case but now, they're in a communist country and want to blame it on that?