If patients have to prove that their illnesses are real, then the scientific community should have to prove that mass hysteria is real

Posted by cinderkeys: Hysteria doesn't have any real evidence behind it. Failing to discover a virus or toxin that's making people sick doesn't mean the virus or toxin doesn't exist. It may simply mean we haven't found it yet. Think how many people died of AIDS before anybody knew what HIV was.

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