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Comment on Are fluctuations in Earth's magnetic field during geomagnetic storms actually enough to cause stress on our cells and bodies, or am I encountering junk science?

CameronDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Nah, sounds like nonsense. An MRI is 1.5-3 Tesla, and people sit inside those with no negative effects.

As for the ER thing, how do they know there is a geomagnetic storm going on if they don’t have the detectors already? And how would the detectors help, if they don’t provide advanced warning?

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coasterrider@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I thought so, too, but it does seem like a lot of seemingly reputable sources are talking about it as if it’s common knowledge now… magneticstorms.co/health/heart and yeah, good point! I think there are sites where you can track space weather, but if someone’s a paramedic I’d hope they’d be tracking patients more than space weather…

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- CameronDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  talking about it as if it’s common knowledge
  
  This is basically saying to the viewer “only idiots don’t know this, your not an idiot are you?”, common sales/snake oil trick, makes you feel unsafe to push back
  
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- Vandals_handle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Maybe reconsider how reputable the sources are?
  
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  - ElChinchilla@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    magneticstorms.co as the source is objectively perfection. Flatearth.co also has some interesting points about the earth being a god damn Frisbee.
    
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- Beacon@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  That is very clearly a NOT reputable source. A reputable source on a scientific topic will almost NEVER be a site that's entirely about a single highly specific topic and be painting it all negatively or all positively.
  
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