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Message: <blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 5132687" data-attributes="member: 63706"><p>Belief plays an important role in how our bodies respond. It's a well documented phenomenon, which is demonstrated through the placebo/nocebo effects and hypnosis. The nocebo effect and hypnosis are both being exploited by the media to drive panic, and actually make symptoms worse. If you make people believe there is a deadly virus floating around, and they're already in a state of high suggestability, every cough, sniffle or ache signals to these people that they are about to die. That amplifies the anxiety they are already living with, further suppressing their immune systems, making them more likely to experience a bad outcome. It is criminal, you don't do what the mefia is doing unless you actually want to create more harm.</p></blockquote><p></p>