You know, cause Winters starting to pick up, are they sure it's not just the flu. Just that common sense wouldn't be to rule it out..
School Bans Wi-Fi Over Heatlh Concerns
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Indeed, the high intensity burst would cause a heating effect, as mentioned in my now edited second post. You'd cook to death. That said, that's not a very good argument against the use of Microwaves as a transmission carrier wave, did you know that if you stick a fork in a power outlet you can kill a person? Used correctly, anything can kill a person.Bretty said:
Ever heard of nocebo? It's the opposite of placebo.Orcus_35 said:
In 2007 the then 26-year old american Derek Adams tried to commit suicide with an overdose of anti-depressant pills, that he had been subscribed. He took 29 of them, and figured he had consumed a deadly dose. However, he changed his mind in the last moment and managed to take himself to the hospital. There he collapsed with a skyrocketing pulse and a very low blood pressure. He was put under emergency treatment, but nothing seemed to work. That is, until he was told by his doctor that the pills subscribed had been sugarpills, and that he was part of a psychological test group.
He recovered in less than half an hour. I say, just tell the children that feel ill that you turned the WiFi off. If that doesn't help, then you may consider actually doing it.
I had to tell my Psychology teacher that a few days ago... I mean, WTF?Arcanist said:
OT: I really doubt it's the WiFi - all these years its been around and this is the first I've heard of anything like this...
Hell, if someone at a school somewhere hasn't got a bug of some sort, something must be wrong. (Wow that's a lot of 'some's!)
I find it humorous that an outcry over Wi-Fi is being made because it could cause the children to fill ill instead of looking at the extraneous factors that more subtle (or rather obvious, i.e. small outbreaks/viruses and the like). What's funnier is that I doubt in cases like this, things like formaldehyde will be brought up. That stuff will make you sick from across the building.
I also believe that if we're going to start looking at health hazards in schools, particularly for young children, the nutritional aspect should certainly be brought forth to the discussion.
I also believe that if we're going to start looking at health hazards in schools, particularly for young children, the nutritional aspect should certainly be brought forth to the discussion.
Actually I know quite well what it all means. I hardly find sick kids to be amusing evidence. But disregarding that part of the meaning, the other half is relevant in her statement, though I do not think she knows what she was saying in using that term. Basically she just admitted that she made shit up to complain about wifi in schools. The fact these people are not taking education seriously as they should sets a bad precedent for how other people will follow suit.gilthanan said:
Seriously? You've been lucky. I've seen news articles every few months about some place banning WiFi or residents complaining about a cell phone tower or someone suing his neighbor because she uses dimmer switches, etc. Hell, there's people who seem to make their livings by claiming WiFi will give your babies cancer.Mr Shrike said:
Is it possible wireless radiation affects some people? Sure, it's possible. It's medically possible to be allergic to darn near anything. It doesn't stop this from being blown way out of proportion. I doubt it affects a significant percentage.
A significant percentage of people are severely allergic to nuts, but I don't hear huge outcries from parents and pressure groups to ban peanuts.
A significant percentage of people are severely allergic to nuts, but I don't hear huge outcries from parents and pressure groups to ban peanuts.
Cool, if I fancy skipping classes, I can just go "OW MY HEAD" every time I walk through the door. I'm sure, no-one else will think of this, and no-one will dare exploit it! 
You know this is the exact problem with modern culture, after curing diseases and finding better ways to protect ourselves, we need something else to worry about. So the whingeing is shifted onto things like this, or video games with violent content (I won't call them violent videogames because it sounds like the actual disk is malevolent).
At my school we have a wireless network that crashes every 2 minutes. THAT is bad for my health.
