My guess would be that the kids who have random headaches and body aches now see a pattern in them. And that increases their anxiety, leading to more headaches, etc. The human mind is geared towards recognizing patterns, even where there are none there (the face of a man or a chicken on the moon, the hand of your deity of choice controlling the events in our lives). The parents now are anxious as well and are transmitting this fear to their kids.
Plus some of the kids could be faking it. Or there might be some underlying cause such as what others have suggested. And while there might be some effects of non-ionizing radiation, they certainly do not have an effect to this extent. Any effects are at an almost imperceptible level, not that dozens of kids would be made ill.
Of course, will be difficult to tell the community that their kids and parents are crazy and imagining the whole thing.
Such as requiring a standard form (similar to food labels) that clearly shows the privacy policy that organizations have. The way things stand you need a law degree and 2-3 days to understand the policies that people put on their web sites regarding privacy -- if they have any or make it available.
Perhaps they could require companies to publish what data they collect and/or who they share it with. Privacy is a hot button issue with me, I don't have any credit cards nor do I participate in store affinity programs. Put I realize I am the exception, and most people think I am crazy to care. I think it is unlikely that Congress with give any more power to government agencies to gather information on the net (in fact, quite the opposite probably. Don't YOU want to know what type of shampoo the terrorist buy? [where's the sarc symbol?]) That is, until there is an issue that affects them. If you recall, they mandated that video stores protect the privacy of rentals when the stuff they were renting got leaked to the press. If there were a big data breech at Netflix or Victoria's Secret (or Michael Salems TV Boutique) they might get onto protecting the privacy of regular people.
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My guess would be that the kids who have random headaches and body aches now see a pattern in them. And that increases their anxiety, leading to more headaches, etc. The human mind is geared towards recognizing patterns, even where there are none there (the face of a man or a chicken on the moon, the hand of your deity of choice controlling the events in our lives). The parents now are anxious as well and are transmitting this fear to their kids.
Plus some of the kids could be faking it. Or there might be some underlying cause such as what others have suggested. And while there might be some effects of non-ionizing radiation, they certainly do not have an effect to this extent. Any effects are at an almost imperceptible level, not that dozens of kids would be made ill.
Of course, will be difficult to tell the community that their kids and parents are crazy and imagining the whole thing.
... at least according to people I know who work there.
Such as requiring a standard form (similar to food labels) that clearly shows the privacy policy that organizations have. The way things stand you need a law degree and 2-3 days to understand the policies that people put on their web sites regarding privacy -- if they have any or make it available.
Perhaps they could require companies to publish what data they collect and/or who they share it with. Privacy is a hot button issue with me, I don't have any credit cards nor do I participate in store affinity programs. Put I realize I am the exception, and most people think I am crazy to care. I think it is unlikely that Congress with give any more power to government agencies to gather information on the net (in fact, quite the opposite probably. Don't YOU want to know what type of shampoo the terrorist buy? [where's the sarc symbol?]) That is, until there is an issue that affects them. If you recall, they mandated that video stores protect the privacy of rentals when the stuff they were renting got leaked to the press. If there were a big data breech at Netflix or Victoria's Secret (or Michael Salems TV Boutique) they might get onto protecting the privacy of regular people.
Yes, this is the origin of the saying "God Hates Figs" The Westboro Baptist Church just got things messed up in their minds.