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Dan Taberski on His New Series "Hysterical"

2024/8/14
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Dan Taberski: 本期节目探讨了2011年纽约州莱罗伊镇发生的神秘疾病事件，一群高中女生出现类似图雷特综合征的症状。事件中，媒体的过度关注和政府的信息不透明加剧了恐慌，也使得症状在学生群体中迅速蔓延。作者认为，该事件是群体性癔症的典型案例，症状的真实性与媒体的关注度密切相关。同时，事件中也涉及环境污染的可能性，这使得事件更加复杂化。 Dan Taberski还探讨了其他疑似群体性癔症的案例，例如警察因接触芬太尼而过量服用的事件。他指出，这些事件的媒体报道可能加剧了这种现象的蔓延。 Dan Taberski认为，群体性癔症是当今社会的一种普遍现象，它反映了人们对自身情绪、思维和信息的不确定性。 Michael Loewinger: 作为节目的主持人，Michael Loewinger 首先介绍了哈瓦那综合征，并指出其病因存在争议，一部分人认为是外国武器攻击，一部分人认为是群体性癔症。他认为莱罗伊事件以及类似事件可以揭示媒体与歇斯底里之间的关系。他与Dan Taberski的访谈中，也表达了对莱罗伊事件中政府处理方式和媒体报道方式的质疑。 Jennifer McVig: 作为莱罗伊事件中治疗大部分学生的医生，Jennifer McVig 详细描述了学生症状的演变过程，并指出媒体报道可能加剧了症状的严重程度。她认为，虽然不能证明因果关系，但媒体报道与症状加重之间存在相关性。

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In 2011, a group of high school girls in the small town of Le Roy, New York started coming down with mysterious medical symptoms. When their parents took to the story to the press, it became a national news sensation, attracting the attention of everyone from the environmental activist Erin Brokovich to a former Bachelor contestant with a medical diagnosis tv show. Host Micah Loewinger speaks with Dan Taberski), the host and creator of a new podcast series called Hysterical), about what happened in Le Roy, New York and what this and other similar events can tell us about the relationship between the media and hysteria.

 

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