“In non-Western countries, demons and witchcraft are still sometimes blamed for outbreaks of fainting and fits [PDF]. Pollution, poisoning, chemical weapons, and other environmental concerns are dominant in the West (a fact that makes Brockovich something of a mass hysteria machine). Some bloggers are now claiming that the upstate New York girls fell ill because of the HPV vaccine or fracking.” [Ruth Graham, Slate]
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looks like at least 1 of the reporters touting HPV would have asked the girls if they were given the shots. I don’t see that in any of the related articles.
I blame it on Global Warming!
I didn’t realize that that charlatan is still going around blaming whatever chemical they can find in the environment as the cause of some mysterious disease.
From the Salem Witch Trials onwards, mass hysteria brings out every charlatan and con-artist to join in the festivities.