Paul Dolan, Professor of Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics, said:
"The idea you need to increase people’s personal threat disproportionately to the threat they face... sets a very dangerous precedent – weaponising fear is the phrase that people use..."
Professor Dolan: "Once fear has been stoked you can’t diminish it. It’s not like turning a tap on and off – you can’t turn the fear off."
A Nottingham University report suggested fear could even result in MORE Covid deaths due to poor mental health weakening the immune system...
Recovery has been warning that govt's deliberately created fear, panic and phobia of Covid is causing a mental health crisis... and data back this up.
The damage done to our children may last a lifetime.
And we now know urgent lung cancer referrals have fallen by a THIRD, with a consultant specifically blaming the 'stay at home' message: telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/2…
Despite the growing evidence of harms, and unethical practices, it seems some still don't want the fear messaging challenged.
There is a better way: the Govt must end their Campaign of Fear immediately, and adopt Recovery’s 5 Reasonable Demands for good government during the period of Covid-19.
Read more about the 5 Reasonable Demands and join the Recovery campaign today here: timeforrecovery.org
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👇NEW RESEARCH: 8 MILLION people in the UK suffered depression, anxiety, or fear as a *direct result* of Govt’s fear-heavy pandemic advertising, data suggests...
...as criticism of SAGE’s ‘unethical’ psychological-operations techniques mount... [Thread]
"Lockdown triggered panic attacks in my 18 year old, she is now on anxiety medication…"
"My 18 year old has been massively impacted by the lockdowns.
My child has experienced immense anxiety and many panic attacks...
"...so much so she has been prescribed with anxiety medication and is now in private therapy because of long wait lists.
The uncertainty of what has been happening has been extremely hard.
During Sep 20 and Dec 20 she developed anxiety and the panic attacks...
"She got behind in her school work and there seemed to be no understanding or help and support until I demanded it.
Her college course should have been exciting and interactive with lots of team work (Film course) but it has become tedious and a chore as it is now all written.
"I am one of the 3 million left out of all government support, they have told me I must close my business and I am entitled to nothing, this has left me worrying about the future, will they do this again?
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"How can they do this to someone who has been a net contributor/higher rate tax payer into the system and never claimed a penny?
The fact that a government can do this with very little opposition is frightening, how would most of the population have coped in my position?
"How would they feel if they were left out?
We are certainly not all in this together.
Then they have the cheek to tell people to retrain, when all learning is virtual, how many years does that take...