https://www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...ts-2021-07-06/
GED's or "Graduated Electronic Decelerator" is basically a more intense version of a "shock collar" that some people use to try and keep their dogs from barking.
I can't find the information on the specs anywhere else, so wikipedia will have to suffice.
Three versions of the GED are known to have been used: The GED-1, GED-3a, and GED-4. Of these devices, the GED-1 is the least powerful and the GED-4 is the most powerful. The GED-1 produces a shock of 30 mA, lasting two seconds. The GED-4 produces a shock of 90 mA, lasting two seconds. For comparison, a cattle prod* produces a shock of not more than 10 mA lasting a fraction of a second.[3] According to James Eason, a professor of biomedical engineering at Washington and Lee University, the GED's lowest shock setting is about twice the threshold that pain researchers consider tolerable to most adult humans.[9]
And this from The New York Times.
“Evidence indicates a number of significant psychological and physical risks are associated with the use of these devices, including worsening of underlying symptoms, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, pain, burns and tissue damage,” the F.D.A.’s statement said. “In addition, many people who are exposed to these devices have intellectual or developmental disabilities that make it difficult to communicate their pain.”
How can this possibly be ok?
*These are disabled kids who are being shocked by something anywhere from three to nine times more powerful, and longer lasting than a !$##@#$ cattle prod.
GED's or "Graduated Electronic Decelerator" is basically a more intense version of a "shock collar" that some people use to try and keep their dogs from barking.
I can't find the information on the specs anywhere else, so wikipedia will have to suffice.
Three versions of the GED are known to have been used: The GED-1, GED-3a, and GED-4. Of these devices, the GED-1 is the least powerful and the GED-4 is the most powerful. The GED-1 produces a shock of 30 mA, lasting two seconds. The GED-4 produces a shock of 90 mA, lasting two seconds. For comparison, a cattle prod* produces a shock of not more than 10 mA lasting a fraction of a second.[3] According to James Eason, a professor of biomedical engineering at Washington and Lee University, the GED's lowest shock setting is about twice the threshold that pain researchers consider tolerable to most adult humans.[9]
And this from The New York Times.
“Evidence indicates a number of significant psychological and physical risks are associated with the use of these devices, including worsening of underlying symptoms, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, pain, burns and tissue damage,” the F.D.A.’s statement said. “In addition, many people who are exposed to these devices have intellectual or developmental disabilities that make it difficult to communicate their pain.”
How can this possibly be ok?
*These are disabled kids who are being shocked by something anywhere from three to nine times more powerful, and longer lasting than a !$##@#$ cattle prod.
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