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The line between contagion and connection is much thinner than you may realize

After a mysterious wave of tics and twitches swept through a small-town high school in New York, documentary podcaster Dan Taberski set out to investigate what was really happening. Drawing on extensive research and intimate interviews with the people involved, he explores the roots of mass hysteria — and what it reveals about the line…

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After a mysterious wave of tics and twitches swept through a small-town high school in New York, documentary podcaster Dan Taberski set out to investigate what was really happening. Drawing on extensive research and intimate interviews with the people involved, he explores the roots of mass hysteria — and what it reveals about the line between illness and belonging. What happens when the very thing that makes us sick … is also what connects us?

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  1. @Meganourculigi1982

    October 30, 2025 at 4:03 pm

    The thoughtful way you present your content makes it feel special, genuine, and deeply uplifting 🐱🌺

    • @mika.vid_1

      October 30, 2025 at 4:29 pm

      bottt

  2. @martinesejour3361

    October 30, 2025 at 4:06 pm

    It couldn’t have been that much fear!

  3. @richardmason902

    October 30, 2025 at 4:11 pm

    This same theorey could be used to explain our apparent need for religion

    • @HelloHi-g2u

      October 30, 2025 at 4:36 pm

      I had the same thought! Humanity needs to move past religion if we ever hope to progress socially, medically, finically etc.

  4. @ericgraham2781

    October 30, 2025 at 5:06 pm

    I remember those days very well. It was scarier than covid. Many things now considered “normal” were unheard of on September 10th, 2001.

  5. @juliet8678

    October 30, 2025 at 6:00 pm

    F.E.A.R. = False Evidence Appearing Real

  6. @EchooftheHeart8

    October 30, 2025 at 6:50 pm

    🤯This is a brilliant demonstration of how individual anxiety transforms into a collective physical reality. The thin line between ‘contagion’ and ‘connection’ is not just a medical fact; it’s the sheer power of shared trauma and subconscious social pressure. Where does our ‘free will’ stand when individual anxiety is socially transmitted into a mass physical manifestation. . A striking analysis👏🏻

  7. @alexgoslar4057

    October 30, 2025 at 11:29 pm

    Makes total sense to me.

  8. @phoenix81194

    October 31, 2025 at 1:26 am

    The Placebo Effect is contagious now, but staying home won’t save you. It’ll crawl through your WiFi and infect your mind and body…

  9. @mdrakibulislam7847

    October 31, 2025 at 4:06 am

    I seen this video from Bangladesh 🥰

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