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Mass hysteria at Heathrow airport – how social contagion works

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par Kit Yates, Professor of Mathematical Biology and Public Engagement, University of Bath

Heathrow’s Terminal 4 was evacuated on September 8 as fire crews were called in to investigate “possible hazardous materials” at the London airport. After a few hours of halted flights and frustrating inconvenience, emergency services declared that no “adverse substance” had been found anywhere in the airport.

People were allowed back into the terminal, and normal service was resumed. In the meantime, however, 21…

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