[jocon307]

"...out of all the sick children, there is only one boy. The girls are between 12 and 15 years old -- more susceptible to pressure."

Seeing that the sufferers are nearly all girls, and look at that age range, it makes me think it is more likely mass hysteria. I don't see how any wide spread environmental agent, whether terrorism or not, could affect only such a small subset of people. Girls in this age range have a unique ability to whip themselves into frenzy. So, hopefully they are not poisoned.

[beaver fever]

"Seeing that the sufferers are nearly all girls, and look at that age range, it makes me think it is more likely mass hysteria. I don't see how any wide spread environmental agent, whether terrorism or not, could affect only such a small subset of people. Girls in this age range have a unique ability to whip themselves into frenzy. So, hopefully they are not poisoned."

Bear in mind Chechnya is a Muslim Republic where girls are considered weaker than boys.

It is very possible that the Chechnics are experimenting with nerve agents on their own population before mounting an attack on Russia. Either that or the Chechnics are perpetrating a disinformation campaign.

There is no physiological reason why a nerve agent would work on girls and not boys. But it fits well with the Muslim boy bias.

This is disinformation, pure and simple.

[thoughtomator]

Girls in ANY age range have that ability to whip themselves into a frenzy. See MoDo the Dodo.

[Strategerist]

I thought it was Mass Sociogenic Illness even from the initial vague reports...

With these reports...it very obviously is MSI.

[jb6]

The vast majority of them are girls. The only boy is my son. But now at home the boys are also complaining about headaches -- my other son, who's still at home, my neighbor's son."

[Lady Heron]

Unless because Chechnya is islamic they separate the girls and boys into separate classes and only meet at lunch thus the reason almost all those effected were girls.