A State of Fear: How the UK government weaponised fear during the Covid-19 pandemic
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- Create Date：2021-05-30 21:30:59
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Laura Dodsworth
- ISBN：B08ZSYN14J
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Rowan
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An eye-opening exploration of the UK government’s unethical use of a campaign of fear during the COVID pandemic。 It is a book with some flaws - written in a hurry， less polished than it could be - but it is an important book and a book that needed to be written。
Christine
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The longer lockdown ONE went on throughout the spring & early summer of 2020， the more I felt， deep down， that something was wrong。The amount of fear and anxiety and non covid harms millions of people in the UK were being exposed to simply felt sinister to me。 As 2020 left me and my family separated by isolation， distance and ‘bubbles’ （a warm and fuzzy word for a government rule） I became more and more fearful and anxious: not about the virus， but for the loss of humanity。 During this 15 months The longer lockdown ONE went on throughout the spring & early summer of 2020， the more I felt， deep down， that something was wrong。The amount of fear and anxiety and non covid harms millions of people in the UK were being exposed to simply felt sinister to me。 As 2020 left me and my family separated by isolation， distance and ‘bubbles’ （a warm and fuzzy word for a government rule） I became more and more fearful and anxious: not about the virus， but for the loss of humanity。 During this 15 months （and counting） of the covid response I have lost much: a business， a year of my grandchildren's development， and my freedom to live the lifestyle me and my partner have worked hard for。 I have also lost friends。 I spoke out about my fears for: our nations young， our elderly， our teenagers， our students， our sick， our lonely， our mental health， our undiagnosed cancers， the 3million+ excluded from support 。。。 when I voiced my opinion that lockdowns do more harm than good， and called for targeted protection， I was called selfish and a bully 。。。 You know something is wrong when the people you thought had a similar moral compass to your own， actually do not。 When some of the people you counted as friends actually have little empathy for your own troubles and anxieties， because they don’t believe you are doing enough to protect them （even though you are being fully ‘compliant’） you know something is off。。。 That people were being manipulated by fear。 If you didn’t follow the government fed narrative， you were in the wrong: a non believer， a denier。 A danger to your friends and family。 This heartfelt and human analysis of the tactics used by our leaders to keep us in line during a health crisis should be read by everyone （ even those who are still true believers in lockdowns & mandates） because everyone needs to understand that those images （ Look into their eyes） were not and never will be ethical。 。。。more
Paul Boulton
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