＂Havana syndrome＂ is still unexplained! But the Biden administration quietly changed its name.
Dizziness, nausea, migraine and memory loss … These mysterious symptoms, originally reported by diplomats of the US Embassy in Cuba, called "Havana Syndrome", have appeared in many places in the world in the past five years and have been heated by the US media, even affecting the relationship between the United States and Cuba for a time.
American politicians and researchers suspect that Havana syndrome may be caused by some kind of sound wave or microwave weapon attack, but Cuban scientists refuted this speculation on the 13th.
According to Agence France-Presse reported on the 14th, the Cuban government convened a team of 16 experts from different fields from the Academy of Sciences to study Havana Syndrome.
On the 13th local time, the team published the research report on Cuba’s official news website "Cuba Debate". According to the report, the term "Havana syndrome" is "scientifically unacceptable" and there is "no scientific evidence of such an attack" on Cuban territory.
Cuban experts said in the report that some people have accepted that it is an axiom that the attack took place in Havana. However, four years later, there is no evidence to prove this attack ","and despite intensive investigations, the Cuban police, the FBI and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have not found any evidence that the diplomat in Havana was attacked ".
Experts say that under the condition that related symptoms are reported in Havana, no known energy form can selectively cause brain damage, and most of the reported symptoms can be explained by diseases, that is, "there is no new syndrome". They indicated that they would continue to evaluate any new evidence in the future.
The Associated Press commented on the 14th that Cuba has published the most detailed report on Havana Syndrome so far, criticizing the statement that American and Canadian diplomats were mysteriously attacked in Cuba and had health problems. The report of scientists from the Cuban Academy of Sciences questioned whether the reported symptoms could be called a single syndrome, and said that some explanations proposed violated the basic laws of physics.
According to the British "Economist" report, the first cases of "Havana syndrome" appeared among diplomats in Havana, Cuba, five years ago. At that time, several CIA personnel working in the American embassy described that there was a sense of pressure in their minds and they would hear voices similar to cicadas. They feel sick and tired, and they can’t remember things. They also complain about earache and hearing loss.
Subsequently, brain scans of these people showed that tissue damage was similar to that caused by car accidents or bomb explosions. The American government was frightened. This mysterious disease puzzles American and Canadian diplomats, intelligence personnel and embassy staff.
According to statistics, since 2016, more than 200 people have experienced this symptom. In addition to Cuba, similar cases have been reported in China, Germany, Australia, Colombia, Uzbekistan, Russia, Austria and even Washington, D.C..
The last time was at the end of last month, when US Vice President Harris’ visit to Vietnam was delayed for three hours because the staff of the US Embassy in Vietnam allegedly developed "Havana Syndrome".
According to Agence France-Presse, the Trump administration evacuated American workers in Havana and expelled Cuban diplomats from Washington, suggesting that Cuba may be behind the "sonic attack".
Last month, when American officials working in Germany also developed Havana syndrome, Cabanas, a former diplomat who was the head of Cuba’s interest representative office in the United States, tweeted that "the so-called Havana syndrome has always been hyped by the US media, and now it has appeared in Germany. The question is, if so many officials in the State Council are infected with this disease in so many countries, why does this only affect relations with Cuba? "
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said on the social platform on the 13th that "this shows how unfair the measures taken by the United States against Cuba are, and these measures have not been reversed."
Rodriguez accused the United States of unfair political manipulation against Cuba in the name of health and science. He said, "Due to political manipulation, the investigation in the fields of science and health was prematurely stopped, and the problem can only be clarified through transparency and cooperation in these two fields."
Valdez Sosa, director of the Cuban Neuroscience Research Center, said after the release of the above report on the 13th that some international media spread these explanations without scientific basis, which not only confused the public, but also hurt American officials who believed in these remarks, which hindered the easing of relations between Cuba and the United States.
The BBC said that uncovering the truth of Havana syndrome has become the top priority of American national security, and one official even described it as one of the most difficult intelligence challenges they faced.
Hard evidence has always been elusive, making the syndrome a battlefield where various theories compete with each other.
The United States has been conducting relevant investigations, but it has never been able to give a credible explanation. In addition to Cuba, the United States will also target Russia.
Newsweek said on the 13th that the most popular theory about the explanation of Havana syndrome is the secret sound wave, microwave or infrared harassment used by the Russian military. Some experts have found that the symptoms of these health events are consistent with these activities.
This is reminiscent of the Cold War mentality that the United States continues to dominate the debate on Cuba. But in the absence of evidence, these theories only stay at the speculative level.
Other experts attribute the sounds heard by the staff of the American Embassy in Havana to natural causes, such as the chirping of some crickets, and believe that the victims will be troubled by mental illness instead of physical injury.
Under Biden’s leadership, the US government has started an inter-departmental investigation. So far, the survey seems to have produced more questions than answers.
Sosa stressed, "The word’ Havana syndrome’ is not appropriate. You can’t name something that doesn’t exist. Such a variety of symptoms cannot be attributed to a common cause. "
Today, the Biden administration has been thinking about the naming of this disease.
The US Newsweek reported on the 13th that "Havana Syndrome" was widely used by the United States to refer to the symptoms of American embassy staff in Cuba and other countries. The Biden administration has quietly renamed the disease to reduce the reference to the place where the disease first appeared. A the State Council spokesman said, "We call these events’ unexplained health events ‘(UHIs)".
Source: Circumferential Time Depth Observation
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