The trump administration announced that it is pulling more than half of its staff out of the american embassy in havana. This comes after diplomats and staff suffered mysterious health attacks that caused minor brain injuries. About 200 incidents havanasindrum have now been reported around the world, with many requiring hospitalization or out patient treatment. On this week's episode, a potential reason why we may have been looking for the wrong kind of answers.
Several years after US diplomats in Cuba claimed they were attacked by an invisible weapon, similar incidents continue to be reported around the world. Scientists haven’t been able to determine a definitive cause, but the possibilities point toward something just as mysterious as the illness itself: the inner workings of the human brain.
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