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Originally Posted by spearo
Interesting,
When that's been discussed before amongst professionals, it usually references other research which shows no correlation whatsoever. In fact I think the coinciding of weekends with behavioral "spikes" was more relevant.
Even more interesting is the "finding" that 23 % occurred on one of the 4 main phases of the Moon....
4 phases ... 23 %....... one quarter...see where I'm going with this?
I wont be rushing out to buy silver bullets just yet
frank
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Frank, might I suggest you have not either:
(a) worked in the emergency/triage of a major hospital;
(b) worked at a Triple-0 communciations centre;
(c) or been actively involved as an emercengy service worker on the road, whether that be Police, Ambulance, CAT (Crisis Assessment Team)?
As an emergency service worker in Melbourne, I can catagorically state that when we approach a full Moon (normally 3-4 days either side of a full Moon), there is a sharp increase of workload, including domestic violence, psychiatic patients arming themselves (involuntary and voluntary, serious assaults, etc. many involving more than once service per incident.
It is
fact, it occurs like clockwork, the data is there and the only common factor every month, is the
full Moon. Many people dismiss this, but I myself see it first-hand in the jobs coming through, and I know that there are other IIS members who are in similar fields, who experience that same.